Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 740 · Decided 21 July 2022
X v. The Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare Department & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 740 · [2022] 12 S.C.R. 246
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 12612/2022
- Decided
- 21 July 2022
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, SURYA KANT, A.S. BOPANNA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 - s. 3(2)(b), Rule 3B - Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules 2003 - Termination of pregnancy of an unmarried woman - Petitioner was in a consensual relationship June 2022 she learnt that she was pregnant (22 weeks) - Petitioner stated that in absence of source of livelihood, she would be unable to nurture a child - Petitioner deserted by her partner - She decided to terminate the pregnancy - Writ petition before the High Court
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