Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 371 · Decided 29 April 2024
A (Mother of X) v. State of Maharashtra & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 371 · [2024] 5 S.C.R. 470
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5194/2024
- Decided
- 29 April 2024
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Constitution Article 21
Headnote
Matter pertains to the opinion of the medical board constituted under the MTP Act to reflect the effect of the pregnancy on the pregnant person's physical and mental health; that the MTP Act and the reproductive right of a pregnant to their consent; and the usage of term 'pregnant person' instead of term 'pregnant woman'. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 - Termination of pregnancy - 14 year old girl subjected to sexual assault, sought permission to terminate her
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