The Supreme Court has recently scheduled to hear a plea of a 14-year-old alleged rape victim on Monday.
The case pertains seeking termination of her 28-week pregnancy. As per the apex court’s website, a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala will take up her case as the first item on Monday.
Previously on April 19, the top court ordered her medical examination on the plea moved by her mother, challenging the Bombay High Court decision declining to allow the termination of the pregnancy owing to the advanced stage.
It sought a report from Mumbai’s Sion hospital about the girl’s possible physical & psychological condition if she undergoes medical termination of pregnancy or if she is advised against it.
The bench directed medical superintendent of the hospital to constitute medical board and its report be placed before the court on April 22, the next date of hearing.
The counsel appearing in the court on behalf of the petitioner said the minor is 28 weeks pregnant and is presently in Mumbai.
Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati represented the government in the matter.
However, under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, the upper limit for termination of pregnancy is 24 weeks for married women as well as for those in special categories, including rape survivors, and other vulnerable women, such as the differently abled and minors.
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