Supreme Court of India

X v. M/s Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 15 S.C.R. 443
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J. B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 16 October 2023

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Issue for consideration: Petition under Article 32 fi led for directions to the respondents to permit a medical termination of the Petitioner’s ongoing pregnancy. Relief sought, if can be granted; and the nature of the jurisdiction under which this Court is adjudicating this case. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 – ss.3( 2B), 5 – According to the Petitioner, she did not discover that she was pregnant until after twenty weeks of the pregnancy had elapse d because she had lactational amenorrhea as a result of which bre astfeeding women do not menstruate – On undergoing an ultrasound

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