'Unborn child's rights can't be ignored': SC on woman's plea to abort 26-week pregnancy
“Do we issue an order for the child's death through a judicial ruling?,”asks court
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“Do we issue an order for the child's death through a judicial ruling?,”asks court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (12.10.2023) underlined the importance of balancing the rights of a woman to autonomy and choice with the rights of an unborn child. The three-judge bench of Chief...
Every bench of the top court represents the Supreme Court and no intra-court appeals can be filed by bypassing any of the Supreme Court benches, observed a division bench of the Supreme Court today (October 11).
While Justice Kohli was not in favour of termination of the pregnancy, Justice Nagarathna opined that the view of the woman had to be respected over claims of viability of the foetus.
While one judge said that the choice of the woman should be respected, the other judge said that the medical report about the possibility of the survival of the foetus made it difficult to allow...