The Bombay High Court has directed the city-based J J Hospital to form a medical board and assess whether a 24-week pregnant minor victim of sexual assault can undergo medical termination of the pregnancy without any health risks.
According to the guidelines, if pregnancy of a woman does not exceed 20 weeks, the doctors can terminate it. In rape cases, however, a DNA test of the conceptus is mandatory before an abortion can be carried out.
New Delhi: A medical board has asked CBI to hand over to it the personal belongings of the alleged rape and murder victims of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh for forming an opinion.The medical board is
Islamabad: The special court conducting Pervez Musharraf's treason trial today ordered the setting up of a medical board to assess the former Pakistani dictator's health condition after his lawyer said he should be sent to
New Delhi, Jul 10: The Supreme Court today directed AIIMS director to constitute a medical board to examine whether DMK chief M Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal is medically fit to depose as a witness before
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