issue of a living child or labour after twenty-six weeks of pregnancy resulting in the issue of a child whether alive or dead ... period prior to or during the twenty-sixth week of pregnancy but does not include any miscarriage, the causing of which is punishable under
Section 3 in The Medical Termination Of Pregnancy Act, 1971
3. When pregnancies may be terminated by registered medical practitioners.-
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained ... under any other law for the time being in force, if any pregnancy is terminated by him in accordance with the provisions of this
arbitrary.
Retirement of Air Hostess-Provision in service rule, or
on first pregnancy whichever occurs earlier-Whether
unconstitutional.
Retirement age of Air Hostess-Fixation ... took place within four years of the
service; and
(c) On first pregnancy.
The age of retirement of AH could be extended upto ten
years
lactating mother shall be entitled to— (a) meal, free of charge, during pregnancy and six months after the child birth, through the local anganwadi
Section 4 in The Medical Termination Of Pregnancy Act, 1971
4. Place where pregnancy may be terminated.-
No termination of pregnancy shall be made
Section 5 in The Medical Termination Of Pregnancy Act, 1971
5. Sections 3 and 4 when not to apply.-
(1) The provisions of section ... section (2) of section 3 as relate to the length of the pregnancy and the opinion of not less than two registered medical practitioners, shall
rights.” ………..
“The key consequences of child marriage of girls may include
early pregnancy; maternal and neonatal mortality; child health
problems; educational setbacks; lower employment/livelihood ... marriage is significantly
associated with worse outcomes for the child and worse pregnancy
outcomes for the mother. All these factors push girls and their
families
government-run welfare
institution located in Chandigarh. After the discovery of her
pregnancy, the Chandigarh Administration, which is the respondent in
this case, had approached ... High Court seeking approval for the
termination of her pregnancy, keeping in mind that in addition to
being mentally retarded she was also an orphan
surgery. It is stated in authoritative text
books of medical science that pregnancy occurring after
sterilization may be attributable to natural failure. It was also ... submitted that the plaintiffs having learnt of the unwanted
pregnancy, should have sought medical opinion and opted for
medical termination of pregnancy within 20 weeks
some other person, that the
petitioner did not know about her pregnancy at the time of
the marriage and that he did not cohabit with ... marriage, as
also regarding
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he petitioner knowing of her pregnancy at that time. The
learned Judges however held that the petitioner had not
proved
