Supreme Court of India

Sheetal Shankar Salvi and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 2 S.C.R. 939
Bench S. A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao JJ.
Decided 27 March 2017

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, as at presently advised, we decline the prayer of the petitioners for directing the respondents to allow Petitioner No.1 to undergo medical termination of the pregnancy.

Judgment, page 4

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