...of harm. This fear of harm continued even during the peaceful interlude between episodes of abuse. As the noted author on 'Battered Woman Syndrome' L.Walker in his treaties 'The...Battered Woman Syndrome' opines, a battered woman experiences the growing tension of phase one, develops a fear of death or serious bodily harm during phase two, and, perceiving that she is unable to...caused Hari Prashad's otherwise trivial or seemingly innocuous conduct immediately preceding her act of committing suicide, because being a battered woman, having suffered battering relationship she...

...way, recognized the concept of battered women syndrome, a defence plea, raised primarily in jurisdictions like Australia and United States. Battered woman syndrome was introduced to help explain the..., as relied on by the prosecution, is taken as true, it reveals the psyche of a Battered woman, a scary woman in matrimonial life, who wanted to defend herself, and in that psychological...on trial for killing her batterer and was alleging self-defence. The expert explains why a battered woman had special knowledge of the imminence of an attack and as to why retreat was not a reasonable...

..."battered woman syndrome". When taunted by her lover she stabs and kills him. She wants to rely on evidence of battered woman syndrome as part of her defence of provocation. The third example is a...of the evidence, the judge is as a matter of settled legal principle entitled, and indeed obliged, to direct the jury to ignore the evidence of postnatal depression, battered woman syndrome, and...who had identified this condition: (at page 897 E). That condition was also described as "battered woman syndrome". Delivering the judgment of the court Lord Taylor C.J. observed (at page 898 C-F...

...their self-control because they are sufferingfrom postnatal depression, or "battered woman syndrome", or a personalitydisorder. Lord Steyn suggested that, on the...held (p 898) becausethere had been no evidence to suggest that the defendant suffered frompost-traumatic stress disorder or battered woman syndrome or any other...detailed consideration was given in the reserved judgment delivered by theLord Chief Justice to the possible relevance of the battered woman syndromefrom...

...killing a ‘sudden and temporary loss of self-control’ caused by the alleged provocation.”36. The principle evolved by Chief Justice Taylor in Ahluwalia (supra), has become ‘Battered Woman Syndrome’ in...(emphasis supplied).32. The principle evolved by Dr. Justice David Annusamy in In re Suyambukkani (supra), has become ‘Nallathangal Syndrome’ in Indian Criminal Law....33. Only after several years in R v. Ahluwalia, 1992 (4) All ER 889 : 1993 (96) Cr. APP. R 133, when a battered women of Indian origin, who had...

...(supra), in a way, recognized the concept of battered women syndrome, a defence plea, raised primarily in jurisdictions like Australia and United States. Battered woman syndrome was introduced to help..., in the perspective of battered women syndrome, examine the circumstances mentioned in section 304B, IPC.“304B. Dowry death.— (1) Where the death of a woman is caused by any burns or...a woman was on trial for killing her Page: 251batterer and was alleging self-defence. The expert explains why a battered woman had special knowledge of the imminence of an attack and as to why...

....4. Counsel contended that there was absence of corroboration of the testimony of the prosecutrix, that there was absence of injuries on the person of the woman and so the...hapless lot, when no woman of honour will accuse another of rape since she sacrifices thereby what is dearest to her, we cannot cling to a fossil formula and insist on corroborative testimony, even if...taken as a whole, the case spoken to by the victim strikes a judicial mind as probable. In this case, the testimony has commanded acceptance from two courts. When a woman is ravished what is inflicted...

...]). 18. The English Court converted her sentence. The English Court evolved the 'doctrine of battered women syndrome'. It is that as she was continuously battered by her husband and that.... But fate is otherwise. Kalyani became a killer wife. She has to go to jail. And she is in jail. 16. In 1992, in England, in London, Khiranjit Ahluwalia, an Asian woman, married a...Suyambukkani [1989 L.W.(Crl) 86], under similar circumstances, propounded the 'doctrine of Nallathangal Syndrome' shaping the law relating...

...physical and biological attributes which a woman would get on attaining adulthood, including menstruation, etc., but her mind will remain of a 9-month-old child. Basically, she will not understand...destroyed or lost. But money cannot renew a physical frame that has been battered and shattered. All that Judges and courts can do is to award sums which must be regarded as giving reasonable compensation...remain a small baby. We are dealing with a girl who will physically become a woman but will mentally remain a 9-month-old child. This girl will miss out playing with her friends. She cannot communicate...

...artery Doppler. Such collective findings point to an increased possibility of chromosomal abnormalities like Down's syndrome in around 30% of cases. There is also a...done to confirm Downs syndrome. She is already 33 weeks pregnant and may need repeat C.S. There is chance of anesthesia risk, need for blood transfusion and if the baby is alive at birth, risk of..., 1860, causing a women with child to miscarry is a punishable offence, if such miscarriage is not caused in good faith for the purpose of saving the life of the woman. An exception is carved out in...

...Syndrome". 21. "Battered Child Syndrome" refers to a child subjected to serious physical abuse by an adult care giver. It is a form of a child abuse. In addition to...Ex.P4 was examined as P.W.9. He has stated in his evidence that in Ex.P4 Preliminary Report it has been diagnosed that the child has "Battered Baby Syndrome". The child was given blood...that minor boy was suffering from battered baby syndrome. The battered baby syndrome is a clinical condition young children who have received serious physical abuse, is a frequent cause of permanent...

...syndrome). Past histroy of CVA with seizures at 2 1/2 yrs of age on tab: Zeptol 200mgBd; Frisium 20mgBD, Levigress, 100mg BD. H/O visual impairment and delayed mile stones...congenital anomalies, uterine artery Doppler normal). Cardiology & Pulmonology Opinion : Foetal cardio echo normal; persons with Klinefelter syndrome have..., Amniocentesis and FISH revealed klinefelter syndrome. Neurological manifestations of Klinefelter syndrome include mental subnormality, dyslexia, ADHD. However it is not a life threatening condition...

..., 2017 SCC OnLine Bom 9334 where a woman with Down's Syndrome had been raped by an unknown person. Her guardian discovered the pregnancy after the pass...petitioner at any approved private center or hospital registered by Govt NCT of Delhi;C. Direct the Respondent to include unmarried woman also within the ambit of the Rule 3B of...an unmarried woman aged about twenty-five years, and had become pregnant as a result of a consensual relationship. The appellant wished to terminate her pregnancy as “her partner had refused to marry...

...challenges.”In the earlier part of the said medical report, there is no observation made by the aforestated Medical Board that every baby with Down Syndrome has low...intelligence, but it was observed that “intelligence among people with Down Syndrome is variable and a large proportion may have an intelligence Quotient of less than 50 (severe mental retardation...right of a woman to have reproductive choice is an insegregable part of her personal liberty, as envisaged under Article 21 of the Constitution. She has a sacrosanct right to have her bodily integrity...

...abovementioned show the brutality of the crime. The head of the deceased was battered again and again in a hideous and barbaric manner. The trial court has rightly convicted the appellant under Section 302 of...murder in a brutal manner of a helpless woman and deserves no sympathy from this Court. For the reasons given above, this appeal is dismissed.14. Although we have...beings and their problems also need to be addressed.15. As already observed by us, a woman is compelled to indulge in prostitution not for pleasure but because of abject...

...clinically seems to be of sever intellectual disability. 6. On Paediatrics examination, survivor has gross development delay with Down Syndrome...) the continuance of the pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of the pregnant woman or of grave injury to her physical or mental health; or (ii) there is a...substantial risk that if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped. Explanation I Where any pregnancy is alleged by the pregnant woman to...

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...: 1. As per the ultrasound done on 23/11/2019 and fetal ECHO done on 19/11/19 the period of gestation is 23 wks + 3 days with single live intrauterine fetus with hypoplastic left heart syndrome...recommends medical termination of pregnancy at this stage due to hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Sd/- Sd/- Sd/- Prof.Y.S.Bansal Prof. Nandita Kakkar Dr.Shefali Sharma (Member) (Member) (Member) Sd...fetal ECHO done on 19.11.2019, the period of gestation is 23 weeks+3 days with single live intrauterine fetus with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The Board has opined that the fetus suffers from a...