Supreme Court of India
Suchita Srivastava & Anr. v. Chandigarh Administration
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MEDICAL TERM/NATION OF PREGNANCY ACT, 1971: c ss. 3(4)(a) and (b)- Termination of pregnancy by medical practitioners in certain cases - Mentally retarded orphan in a Government run welfare home -Found pregnant - Petition _;, by administration seeking approval to terminate the -r pregnancy- Report of expert body that the ~rphan was in mild to moderate mental retardation and was willing to bear a child - High Court granting approval to terminate the pregnancy - Held: The statute clearly contemplates that even a mentally retarded woman should give her consent for termination of the pregnancy -
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Of those, 3 relied on · 1 distinguished · 4 referred to · 9 mentioned
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