On Plea By Minor Rape Victim’s Mother, SC Allows Medical Termination Of 24-Week Foetus [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a writ petition, filed by the mother of a 13-year-old rape victim, seeking medical termination of the daughter’s 24-week-old foetus.Earlier on September 15, a bench of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Amitava Roy and Justice AM Khanwilkar had directed the constitution of a medical board at New Delhi AIIMS comprising doctors suggested...