Bombay HC Dismisses Plea By Minor Rape Victim’s Father Seeking Medical Termination Of 27-Week-Old Foetus [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a rape victim’s father seeking medical termination of a 27-week-old foetus after a panel of 8 doctors from KEM Hospital in Mumbai recommended that the victim should be directed to continue with the pregnancy.In 2017, an FIR was registered against the accused for the offence punishable under Section 376 of IPC and under sections 4, 8 and...