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The court said that if the sexual assault victim is a major who gives her consent and expresses desire for conducting MTP, the investigating agency will ensure that she is produced before the medical board the same day.

In refusing termination only on the ground of delay, this court would be condemning the mother to future that would be a denial of her right to dignity, and her reproductive and decisional autonomy, the Court held.

In another plea, HC allows MTP on 27-week pregnancy where foetus was detected with Binder syndrome

The woman’s plea stated that if she is forced to undergo full pregnancy then the child is “ bound to have a poor quality of life with a serious handicap.”

The Court said that the report of the medical board ought to include standard factors like condition of foetus, woman and the risks involved.

The medical board of Delhi’s LNJP Hospital informed the Court that it had rejected the request for termination, given the advanced stage of pregnancy.

The court said that with advancement in technology, a lot of things can be detected at the foetal stage and can the parents say that they will only have 'perfect children'.

A vacation bench of Justices Madhav Jamdar and Kamal Khata directed the medical board of the hospital to submit its report on November 2.

In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court allowed unmarried women to seek abortions, granting them similar rights to married women in India.

Though the court said minors engaging in consensual sexual activity can ask registered medical practitioners not to report instances of pregnancy, this could have a disastrous effect on children facing sexual abuse.