‘Cannot force her to continue pregnancy’: SC allows abortion of 30-week pregnant minor — why this ruling matters The Supreme Court has permitted a 17-year-old to terminate her 30-week pregnancy, emphasizing a minor's right to decide against continuing a pregnancy. Justices Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan directed JJ Hospital to proceed with the termination, prioritizing the girl's reproductive autonomy and her clear unwillingness to carry the pregnancy to term. #Supreme_Court #Supreme #Ujjal_Bhuyan #Court #pregnant_minor #continue_pregnancy’ #ruling_matters #Justices_Nagarathna #minor #Bhuyan_directed
Married woman can’t claim rape on false marriage promise: Supreme Court A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan said in such cases, a woman was not eligible to get married due to the subsistence of her marriage and she could not invoke the ground of false promise of marriage. It passed the order while quashing criminal proceedings against a lawyer on a complaint filed by a woman advocate alleging that he had raped her on the false promise of marriage. #Supreme_Court #Supreme #Ujjal_Bhuyan #n’t_claim #claim_rape #married_due #false_promise #Married_woman #marriage_promise #promise
Parents to be blamed for allowing minors to drink & drive: SC A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan said that there cannot be punishment before trial and directed release of the accused who already spent 18 months in jail. They were allegedly involved in tampering of evidence by swapping blood samples of their kids with their own. Father of the main accused, who is a minor and was allegedly driving the case, is still in jail. #Ujjal_Bhuyan #directed_release #allowing_minors #Justices #Nagarathna #Ujjal #Bhuyan #drive #jail #Parents
