Bombay High Court Slams Parents For Seeking Termination Of Their "Mentally Unstable" Adopted Daughter's 20-Week Pregnancy
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Bombay High Court Slams Parents For Seeking Termination Of Their "Mentally Unstable" Adopted Daughter's 20-Week Pregnancy

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The Bombay High Court on Friday pulled up a sexagenarian couple, who moved the court seeking permission for aborting the 20-week pregnancy of their adopted daughter, whom they claimed is "mentally unstable." And now you cannot say she is violent and uncontrollable and you can't look after her," Justice Ghuge orally told the counsel representing the parents. Additional Government Pleader Prachi Tatake representing the State informed the bench that the girl was not mentally retarded as alleged by her parents. During the hearing, the bench sought to know why no First Information Report is yet lodged by the parents of the woman with regards to their adopted daughter's unwanted pregnancy.

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Bombay High Court asks if woman with intellectual disability has no right to become mother
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4 hours, 12 minutes ago

Bombay High Court asks if woman with intellectual disability has no right to become mother

The Hindu  

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Does Woman With Below Average IQ Has No Right Become A Mother? Bombay HC Asks On Parents Plea To Terminate Daughter's 21-Week Pregnancy
1 day ago

Does Woman With Below Average IQ Has No Right Become A Mother? Bombay HC Asks On Parents Plea To Terminate Daughter's 21-Week Pregnancy

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday while dealing with a plea of a sexagenarian couple, seeking termination of their "mentally ill" daughter's 21 week pregnancy, sought to know if a woman having an intelligence, below average, has no right to be a mother. It may not be out of place to mention that the court had in the earlier hearing …

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2 days, 10 hours ago

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India Today  

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No Mother Would Help Her Son Commit Rape By Spiking Victim's Drink: Bombay High Court Quashes Case
3 weeks, 2 days ago

No Mother Would Help Her Son Commit Rape By Spiking Victim's Drink: Bombay High Court Quashes Case

Live Law  

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4 weeks ago

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Live Law  

In a significant ruling, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday held that keeping a minor child away from the mother in defiance of a court order would amount to mental harassment and cruelty. The bench noted that the husband had taken along with him, his four year old daughter, despite a clear order from a Family …

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2 months ago

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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The Hindu  

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Live Law  

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Bombay High Court grants custody of child to father arrested for 'rape' of mother
1 year, 3 months ago

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India Today  

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Mother who surrendered child tells High Court not to give custody to 'rapist' father
1 year, 5 months ago

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India Today  

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India Today  

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1 year, 5 months ago

Bombay High Court gives child welfare panel 48 hrs to hand over custody of child to father

India Today  

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1 year, 6 months ago

Bombay High Court denies minor rape victim permission to abort 28-week-old fetus

India Today  

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday refused to permit a 15-year-old rape victim to abort her 28-week pregnancy as doctors have opined the baby would be born alive even if forcible delivery is performed at this stage. The high court bench expressed concerns that a forced delivery could result in the birth of an underdeveloped child …

Bombay High Court raps assistant prosecutor for 'insensitive' remark in missing girl's case
1 year, 6 months ago

Bombay High Court raps assistant prosecutor for 'insensitive' remark in missing girl's case

India Today  

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Bombay High Court allows rape survivor to terminate her pregnancy of 23 weeks
1 year, 7 months ago

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India Today  

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Widows do not have to maintain parents-in-law: Bombay High Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Widows do not have to maintain parents-in-law: Bombay High Court

India Today  

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1 year, 9 months ago

Bombay High Court upholds 10-yr sentence of man who sexually assaulted girl-child

India Today  

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Drama In Bombay High Court As 10-Yr-Old Resists Father’s Attempts To Take Custody, Grandfather Asked To Hand Over Custody At Police Station
1 year, 10 months ago

Drama In Bombay High Court As 10-Yr-Old Resists Father’s Attempts To Take Custody, Grandfather Asked To Hand Over Custody At Police Station

Live Law  

Amid the cries of a 10-year-old child refusing to be taken away by his biological father, the Bombay High Court asked the maternal grandfather to handover the child’s custody to the father at the police station later in the day. Following submissions from all parties involved, the court said, “The fact therefore remains that the Order passed by this Court …

MP: Mentally unwell teen raped, impregnated in Indore facility for specially-abled
1 year, 10 months ago

MP: Mentally unwell teen raped, impregnated in Indore facility for specially-abled

India TV News  

In a heart-wrenching incident, a mentally unwell teen was raped in a facility for the specially-abled in Madhya Pradesh's Indore. The mother of the victim filed a complaint on Thursday night following which the police have been on the case to nab the unidentified accused, Deputy Commissioner of Police Sampat Upadhyay said. The accused has been charged under Indian Penal …

Bombay HC orders medical board to examine 14-yr-old girl's pregnancy after rape by uncle
2 years, 2 months ago

Bombay HC orders medical board to examine 14-yr-old girl's pregnancy after rape by uncle

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has directed the setting up of a medical board of the government-run JJ Hospital to examine a 14-year-old rape survivor seeking to terminate her 26-week pregnancy. Under the provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, termination of pregnancy post the 20-week period is not permissible unless permission is taken from the high court. The victim …

Bombay High Court Orders Inquiry Into Father's Allegations That Police Prosecuted His Minor Son For Murder As Adult On Failure To Offer Bribe
2 years, 3 months ago

Bombay High Court Orders Inquiry Into Father's Allegations That Police Prosecuted His Minor Son For Murder As Adult On Failure To Offer Bribe

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has ordered an inquiry to be conducted into a father's allegations that his son was being wrongfully treated as an adult in a murder case despite being a juvenile. The court directed the Additional Commissioner of Police, North Region, Mumbai, to conduct an inquiry into the allegations made by the father against the Police Inspector investigating …

Bombay High Court Refuses Mentally Challenged Rape Victim To Terminate 35-Week Pregnancy Citing Health Risk
2 years, 5 months ago

Bombay High Court Refuses Mentally Challenged Rape Victim To Terminate 35-Week Pregnancy Citing Health Risk

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has refused to allow a mentally challenged rape victim to terminate her 35-week pregnancy after a board of medical experts opined it was a high risk to maternal health. A division bench of Justices Gangapurwala and AS Doctor said that the court would be guided by the report of the Expert Committee, but since the pregnancy …

Can't Force Rape Victim To Mother A Child: Bombay High Court Allows Termination Of Minor's 16 Week Pregnancy
2 years, 6 months ago

Can't Force Rape Victim To Mother A Child: Bombay High Court Allows Termination Of Minor's 16 Week Pregnancy

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court recently allowed the termination of a 16 weeks' pregnancy of a minor who was a victim of sexual abuse and was also in custody at an Observation Home for a crime of murder under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The bench noted that Section 3 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 provides …

Mumbai court acquits father, uncle of minor in rape case after 3 years in jail
2 years, 9 months ago

Mumbai court acquits father, uncle of minor in rape case after 3 years in jail

India Today  

A special court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act has acquitted a father and an uncle who were accused of raping their minor daughter. The minor's mother, in her cross examination, had told the court that the husband had said talaq thrice to her and had divorced her on the day the complaint was lodged. In November …

Bombay HC allows 18-year-old to abort, says continuance of pregnancy may injure woman's health
3 years, 3 months ago

Bombay HC allows 18-year-old to abort, says continuance of pregnancy may injure woman's health

India Today  

Despite a report from the medical board that there is no mental or medical reasons warranting termination of pregnancy, the Bombay High Court allowed an 18-year-old girl to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. The court held that further continuation of pregnancy would adversely affect the girl's mental health. During an earlier hearing, the bench had directed the Grant Government Medical College …

Rape survivor can terminate 29-week pregnancy: Bombay high court
3 years, 3 months ago

Rape survivor can terminate 29-week pregnancy: Bombay high court

Hindustan Times  

The Bombay high court recently permitted a minor rape survivor to terminate a 29-week pregnancy even though there were no anomalies in the foetus. The decision came after the medical experts’ panel appointed by HC observed in its post-examination report that the minor was “anguished” by the pregnancy and the continuation of the same could impact her mental health. The …

Bombay High Court rejects plea of parents to evaluate mental state of son
3 years, 4 months ago

Bombay High Court rejects plea of parents to evaluate mental state of son

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has rejected the plea of the parents of a 25-year-old US citizen, who came to India to pursue a course in Vedanta, to evaluate his mental state after the son refused the mediation process. However, the Bombay High Court said the 25-year-old man had chosen "not to interact with or be accessible to" his own parents …

Adoption cannot be restricted to orphans, abandoned children: Bombay High Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Adoption cannot be restricted to orphans, abandoned children: Bombay High Court

India Today  

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has held that as per the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, adoption of children cannot be restricted only to orphaned, abandoned, surrendered children or those in conflict with the law, adding the law also permits adoption of children of relatives. The Yawatmal lower court had rejected their plea under the provisions …

Bombay High Court Allows Termination Of 23-Week Pregnancy For 16 Year Old Sexual Assault Survivor
3 years, 7 months ago

Bombay High Court Allows Termination Of 23-Week Pregnancy For 16 Year Old Sexual Assault Survivor

Live Law  

On Tuesday, the Bombay High Court allowed a 16-year-old survivor of sexual assault to terminate her 23-week-old pregnancy. The Court referred a decision of a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court that had considered Sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act and how medical terminations of pregnancy could be permitted even after the statutory …

Facing marital issues, woman accuses daughter of domestic violence; Bombay HC quashes proceedings
3 years, 8 months ago

Facing marital issues, woman accuses daughter of domestic violence; Bombay HC quashes proceedings

India Today  

A mother filed a complaint against her daughter after the latter approached the Bombay High Court claiming that she is facing the ire of her mother due to matrimonial discord between her parents. Quashing the proceedings against the daughter, the Bombay High Court concluded that the allegations levelled by the mother against her daughter in a Domestic Violence case were …

Merely Executing Notarized Document Purporting To Adoption Deed Does Not Give A Right To Child Custody: Bombay High Court
3 years, 9 months ago

Merely Executing Notarized Document Purporting To Adoption Deed Does Not Give A Right To Child Custody: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court recently refused permission to a couple to take custody over a two-year-old child on the strength of a "notarised adoption deed". A Bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale ruled, "We are of the opinion that by merely executing a notarized document purporting to be an Adoption Deed, the petitioners cannot claim that they have …

High Court Allows Mentally Challenged Rape Victim to Terminate 23 Week-old Pregnancy in Nagpur
3 years, 10 months ago

High Court Allows Mentally Challenged Rape Victim to Terminate 23 Week-old Pregnancy in Nagpur

News 18  

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Friday permitted medical termination of a mentally challenged rape victim’s 23-week pregnancy. A division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Avinash Gharote, after perusing a medical committee’s report, opined that the pregnancy should be terminated considering the circumstances of the case. Provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act permit one …

Delhi High Court Allows Adult Hindu Girl To Return With Parents Who Left Home With Muslim Man
4 years ago

Delhi High Court Allows Adult Hindu Girl To Return With Parents Who Left Home With Muslim Man

Live Law  

A division judge bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar of the Delhi High Court today allowed an adult Hindu girl, who had eloped from her home with her Muslim boyfriend, to return home - while granting her protection and on the condition that her parents would take full responsibility of her education. In the hearing before the Court …

Hyderabad: Nooty Rammohan Rao’s grandchild custody to mother
5 years, 8 months ago

Hyderabad: Nooty Rammohan Rao’s grandchild custody to mother

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: When two-and-a-half hours of counselling did not have the desired result of reconciling a husband and wife for the sake of their children, the Telangana High Court gave custody of the girl child Risitha, granddaughter of retired judge Justice Nooty Rammohan Rao, to her mother. Concerned over the welfare and psychological well being of the children when their parents …

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