Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 756 · Decided 17 August 2017
MS. Z v. The State of Bihar and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 756 · [2017] 8 S.C.R. 212
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10463/2017
- Decided
- 17 August 2017
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, AMITAVA ROY, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376; CrPC Section 357A; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
S.C.R.212 MS.Z v. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS (Civil Appeal No. 10463 of 2017) AUGUST 17,2017 [DIPAK MISRA, AMITAVA ROY AND A. M. KHANWILKAR, JJ.[ Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971: C ss.2, 3 and 4 - Termination of pregnancy - Statutory right of rape victim - Appellant, a pregnant 35 the pregnancy - Writ petition by D appellant seeking direction for termination of pregnancy - High Court on basis of the report of the Medical Board, constituted to examine the appellant, did not allow termination of pregnancy - Plea of appellant that the authorities did not act with
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)