The Gujarat High Court recently invoked a Hindu religious text 'Skanda Purana' to emphasise the value of a mother in society, while permitting a 17-year-old girl to abort her 19-week pregnancy,
The court while considering a rape survivor's plea to terminate her pregnancy has asked authorities to produce accused in court to know if he is ready for a compromise or not.
Single-judge Justice Samir Dave emphasised that girls in the past would deliver at least first child by the age of 17 years and underlined that all this is mentioned in Manusmriti.