The court allowed the continuation of a 15-year-old rape survivor’s pregnancy after counseling her and her parents of the risks involved with medical termination at 32 weeks of pregnancy,
The HC division bench heard the arguments on the petition filed by PERGO today. Three separate petitions were filed challenging the legality and constitutionality of the appointments of chief parliamentary secretaries in the state. The court has already completed hearings on the petition filed by the BJP legislators and one Kalpana Devi and reserved its judgment.
The court observed that the continuance of the pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of pregnant woman or of grave injury to her physical or mental health