...Mrs X is about 22 years old. She has approached this Court under Article 32 of the Constitution of India seeking directions to the respondents to allow her to undergo medical termination of her pregnancy. According...Section 3(2)(i) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. It may be noted that Section 5 of the Act enables termination of pregnancy where an opinion if formed by not less than two medical practitioners...pregnancy of the petitioner is about 24 weeks and endangers the life and the death of the foetus outside the womb is inevitable, we consider it appropriate to permit the petitioner to undergo termination of her pregnancy under the provisions of the Medical Termination...

...directions to the respondents to allow her to undergo medical termination of her pregnancy. She apprehended danger to her life, having discovered that her foetus was diagnosed with anencephaly, a defect...woman and a possible grave injury to her physical or mental health as required by Section 3(2)(i) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. Though, the pregnancy is into the 24th...undergo medical termination of her pregnancy under the provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. The learned Solicitor General Mr Ranjit Kumar who took notice on the last...

...allow her to undergo medical termination of her pregnancy. She apprehended danger to her life, having discovered that her fetus was diagnosed with tricuspid and pulmonary atresia, a cardiac anomaly in...under section 3(2)(b) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, which reads as under:“3. When pregnancies may be terminated by registered medical...handicapped.”9. In these circumstances, it is difficult for us to refuse the permission to the petitioner to undergo medical termination of pregnancy. It is certain that...

...permission for medical termination of pregnancy of petitioner No. 1. 3. It is submitted that the foetus carried by petitioner No. 1 has been diagnosed with major congenital heart defect...- ‘corrected transposition of great arteries with persistent left SVC’. Prognosis for carrying on with the pregnancy is not good. However, the foetus is over 21 weeks old. Medical termination of pregnancy was...thus not carried out. 4. Permanent Medical Board for Medical Termination of Pregnancy, PGIMER, Chandigarh, vide order dated 09.07.2021 in this petition, was asked to examine...

..., Zydus Medical College and Hospital, Dahod, which is taken on record. As per the said report, the panel of Doctors of the said Hospital have specifically opined for conducting medical termination of pregnancy of...the original victim. The report states that the original victim is carrying pregnancy of 13 weeks 06 days and is fit to undergo medical termination of pregnancy. 2. Considering the medical evidence on record and the object of the Medical Termination of...Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021 as also the guidelines framed by Indian Medical Page 1 of 2 Association, it would be just, legal and appropriate to order medical termination of...

...Debangsu Basak, J.:— The petitioner seeks medical termination of pregnancy with a request for preservation of the foetus so that the same is made available as evidence in the pending.... Learned advocate for the petitioner refers to the opinion of the two doctors of Bhatpara State General Hospital and submits that, two doctors are of the view that, the medical termination of pregnancy as...petitioner is at liberty to undertake medical termination of pregnancy under the provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act...

...mother, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of Cr. P.C., 1973 and Section 3 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, seeking a direction to the...the medical termination of pregnancy, as prayed for by the petitioner in the present petition, is rejected.5. Accordingly, present application stands rejected. Rule is...there is no congenital abnormality in the foetus, the medical termination of the pregnancy could be done only if the Court permits, after taking the consent of the appellant and explaining potential...

...Navin Chawla, J.:— This petition has been filed by the petitioner praying for permission to undergo Medical Termination of Pregnancy beyond the prescribed period of twenty...the baby is unlikely. • In view of above, Medical Termination of Pregnancy may be considered.” 3. As the petitioner is aged about 25 years...and the Medical Board has opined that the prognosis of post-natal survival of the baby is unlikely, I do not see any reason to deny permission to the petitioner for Medical Termination of the Pregnancy. 4...

...Debangsu Basak, J.:— The petitioner seeks medical termination of pregnancy. In view of such prayer, by an order dated August 14, 2019, the Medical Superintendent-cum-Vice Principal of...N.R.S. Medical College and Hospital was requested to constitute an appropriate Medical Board to examine the petitioner and to opine as to whether, medical termination of pregnancy of the petitioner is...required under the provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 or not.2. Learned...

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....Although it has been alleged in paragraph 12 of the writ petition by the petitioner that she was forced to undergo medical termination of pregnancy at the instance of the family of her...given her consent by signing such document to undergo medical termination of pregnancy.If at all the claim raised in paragraph 12 of the writ petition is to be believed, there is no...instructions on the document signed by the petitioner signifying her consent to undergo medical termination of pregnancy.Mr. Gupta, learned advocate appearing for the State shall hand over a...

...Milind N. Jadhav, J.:— Petitioner is about 37 years old. She is carrying a fetus of about 21 weeks. She has filed this petition seeking permission for termination of her pregnancy on the ground that the child, if allowed to be born, would suffer from physical or mental abnormalities as to seriously handicap him/her. 2. By order dated 15 October 2020, we requested the Medical Board...and Psychiatrist Class I, Psychiatry has examined the Petitioner. The Board has opined as under:— “On clinical and sonographic examination mother has pregnancy of 21 weeks 6 days. She has hypothyroidism and no obsteric complications. In view of ultrasonographic findings of fetal cardiac anomalies which will require multiple surgical corrections and carries high morbidity and mortality, medical termination of...pregnancy is recommended with kind permission of Hon'ble High Court.” 3. It is settled position of law that a writ court, in appropriate circumstances, can issue directions for medical termination of...

...to undergo medical termination of her pregnancy. She apprehended danger to her life, having discovered that her fetus was diagnosed with Anencephaly, a defect that leaves foetal skull bones unformed...to survive outside the uterus without a skull.7. Importantly, it is reported that the continuation of pregnancy can pose severe mental injury to the petitioner and no additional risk to the petitioner's life is involved if she is allowed to undergo termination of her pregnancy.8. In the circumstances, we consider it appropriate in the interests of justice and particularly, to permit the petitioner to undergo medical termination...of her pregnancy under the provisions of Medical Termination...

.... Prayer in this petition is for permission for medical termination of pregnancy of the petitioner. It is submitted that diagnosis regarding health of the foetus being...carried by the petitioner is not conducive for carrying on with the pregnancy. However, the foetus is little over 22 weeks, therefore, medical termination of pregnancy was not carried out.... Permanent Medical Board for Medical Termination of Pregnancy, PGIMER, Chandigarh, vide order dated 08.09.2021 in this petition, was asked to examine the petitioner for an evaluation...

...interpretative aspects of Section 3(2)(b) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 and Rule 3B of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules 2003.4. The...taking any coercive action or criminal proceedings against the Petitioner or any Registered Medical Practitioner terminating the pregnancy of the 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 the Medical Termination of...of the pregnant woman.(2A) The norms for the registered medical practitioner whose opinion is required for termination of pregnancy at different gestational age shall be such as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act.(2B) The provisions of sub-section (2) relating to the length of the pregnancy shall not apply to the termination of pregnancy by the medical practitioner...

...: “2. Petitioner seeks medical termination of her pregnancy on the ground that the fetus suffers from severe abnormalities. It is stated that the fetus is presently in its 23 week...heart, in the post natal period baby will require multiple operations early in life for survival. Baby will have poor prognosis with significant morbidity and mortality. Thus medical termination of pregnancy is...recommended with kind permission of Hon'ble High Court.” 5. Thus we find that medical board has recommended medical termination of pregnancy of the petitioner as it is stated...

...permission for medical termination of pregnancy of petitioner no.1. It is submitted that the foetus carried by petitioner no.1 has been diagnosed with major congenital malformation - 'uncontrolled...weeks. Medical termination of pregnancy was thus not carried out. Permanent Medical Board for Medical Termination of Pregnancy, PGIMER..., Chandigarh, vide order dated 24.09.2021 in this petition, was asked to examine the petitioner for an evaluation for advisability of medical termination of pregnancy. Report of Medical Board has been...

...of India. 2. On 20.08.2021 we had passed the following order: “2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, petitioner seeks medical termination of her pregnancy which...after these surgical interventions the outcome in terms of morbidity and mortality is guarded and the prognosis is poor. Thus, medical termination of pregnancy is recommended with...kind permission of Hon'ble High Court.” 5. Thus we find that medical board has recommended medical termination of pregnancy of the petitioner as the fetus has poor prognosis with guarded...

... IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 8190 of 2023 ========================================================== XYZ THRO FATHER Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ========================================================== Appearance: JIGNESHKUMAR M NAYAK(8558) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 DS AFF.NOT FILED (N) for the Respondent(s) No. 2,3 MR JK SHAH APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SAMIR J. DAVE Date : 07/07/2023 ORAL ORDER Rule. Learned APP waives service of notice of rule on behalf of respondent State. 1. Pursuant to the order dated 03.07.2023 passed by this Court, the Professor (Doctor), Department of Obs. Gynec., G.M.E.R.S. Medical College, Gandhinagar has submitted letter dated 06.07.2023 along with the Report dated 05.07.2023 of the panel of Doctors of the said Hospital. The same are taken on record. As per the said Report, the victim is having 21 Weeks 03 Days of pregnancy and they have opined that pregnancy could be terminated within 24 weeks of gestation with the risk associated with the chosen procedures of termination of pregnancy. Page 1 of 2 2. Considering the medical evidence on record and the object of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021 as also the guidelines framed by the Indian Medical Association, it would be just, legal and appropriate to direct medical termination of pregnancy of the original victim. 3. In the result, the petition is allowed. The respondents herein are directed to undertake necessary medical procedure, with all due care and precaution, for performing medical termination of pregnancy of the original victim at the earliest possible time. The said medical procedure to be undertaken keeping in mind the mental and physical health of the victim- patient. With the above directions, the petition stands disposed of. Rule is made absolute. Direct service TODAY. (SAMIR J. DAVE,J) PRAVIN KARUNAN Page 2 of 2 ...

...Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 permits medical termination of pregnancy only upto 24 weeks and since it has crossed the statutory prescriptions, she approached this Court by filing the instant...contained in the report of the Medical Board, I am of the view that a direction can be issued to Government Medical College, Kalamassery to conduct medical termination of the pregnancy of the petitioner at...Shaji P. Chaly, J.:— The petitioner, a 26 years old woman, has filed this writ petition seeking a direction to terminate her two weeks old pregnancy. The amended provisions of the Medical...