Supreme Court Upholds Reproductive Choice: A (Mother of X) vs. State of Maharashtra (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: The case addresses the primacy of a pregnant person’s consent in decisions regarding the termination of pregnancy, especially in cases involving minors and the role of medical boards. CASE TYPE: Medical Termination of Pregnancy, Constitutional Law. Case Name: A […]
Supreme Court Refuses Medical Termination of Pregnancy Beyond 24 Weeks: X vs. Union of India (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a medical termination of pregnancy can be permitted beyond 24 weeks. CASE TYPE: Medical Termination of Pregnancy Case Name: X vs. Union of India & Anr. [Judgment Date]: 16 October 2023 Introduction Date of the Judgment:
Supreme Court expands abortion access to unmarried women Date of the Judgment: 29 September 2022 Citation: (2022) INSC 827 Judges: Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J, A S Bopanna, J, and J B Pardiwala, J. Can unmarried women be denied the right to terminate a pregnancy? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this critical question,
Supreme Court expands abortion rights to unmarried women: X vs. The Principal Secretary (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether unmarried women are eligible for abortion between 20 and 24 weeks of pregnancy under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. CASE TYPE: Medical Termination of Pregnancy Law Case Name: X vs. The Principal Secretary, Health and Family
