Mumbai: High Court refuses termination of 13-year-old’s 33-week pregnancy
ByRosy SequeiraRosy Sequeira / Updated: Mar 16, 2021, 08:51 IST
Mumbai:
Bombay high court on Monday declined permission for the medical termination of the nearly 33-week
pregnancy of a 13-year-old girl after a J J Hospital panel said it will result in the birth of a preterm child.
“You’ve come so late,” said a bench of Justices
Amjad Sayed and
Madhav Jamdar who heard a petition by her father seeking high court’s permission to terminate her pregnancy as the law does not permit medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) beyond 20 weeks.
His petition said an acquaintance offered religious cure for his older son’s epilepsy. Thereafter, he visited their home and even stalked the minor. Seven months ago, when he found her alone, he raped her after threatening her, including harm to her brother who was “cured by his grace”. He repeated the act after 2-3 days. The Class VII student’s mother mistook her bloated stomach for flatulence.