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Landmark decision: Calcutta HC allows woman to terminate 35-week pregnancy

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Landmark decision: Calcutta HC allows woman to terminate 35-week pregnancy

KOLKATA: In a landmark decision, the Kolkata Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a woman to terminate her pregnancy at 35 weeks after doctors discovered defects in the fetus’ spinal cord and brain that gave it a slim chance of survival.

A nine-member medical panel made up of a Supreme Court order has recommended that if a child is allowed to be born with an open spinal cord defect with a brain malformation, he will need immediate spinal surgery and shunt surgery to enlarge the head.

Doctors have observed that even after surgery, babies can develop serious physical, neurological and developmental problems, such as quadriplegia, loss of bowel and bladder control, convulsions, cognitive delay and vision problems.

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“In view of all the facts and circumstances, this court authorizes the petitioner to perform medical termination of the pregnancy in a licensed hospital or medical facility,” the Supreme Court order said.

A single-judge committee, Rajasekhar Mantha, made its decision while hearing a lawsuit by a 36-year-old woman to seek medical termination of her pregnancy on the grounds that at least three doctors had identified multiple medical complications of the fetus. It also affects the health of petitioners.

The bank instructed the director of the Graduate Medical Education and Research Institute of Calcutta to form a medical committee under the terms of the Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 and to give an opinion in court. The report was submitted earlier this week.

The couple – the petitioner and her husband – also checked the medical report and then swore that they intended to medically terminate the pregnancy. The petitioner also informed the court that she was aware of the medical consequences.

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“The risks and consequences of such a procedure for the applicant, i. H. abortion at this stage, have also been made clear, and the petitioner and her husband have carefully considered and accepted such risks. See Come, the petitioner’s life is not seriously threatened,” the order said.

The court continued that cases of this nature must be fact-based, as they depend on the nature of the medical association report and the necessary consent under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971.

In October 2021, the Center notified the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Rules, 2021, to extend the gestation period from 20 to 24 weeks for certain categories of women to terminate a pregnancy.

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The stock market opened in red on Thursday, with the Sensex trading below 187.91 points and the Nifty below 46.45 points. The 30-share Sensex rose by 520.90 points or 0.65% to settle at 80,116.49, the highest closing level since December 18. Eight of the 13 major sectors declined at the open, while the broader, more domestically focused small-caps and mid-caps traded flat.

Ajay Bagga, market expert, said that the overhang remains for the next 10 to 15 days, the time it took in the previous two instances from the terrorist strike to the retaliatory Uri and Balakot strikes. On Wednesday, stock markets extended their surge to the seventh day, with Sensex share jumping 520 points to close above 80,000 level for the first time in four months.

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The stock market closed in green for the 7th day on Wednesday, with the 30-share Sensex rising by 520.90 points or 0.65% to settle at 80,116.49, the highest closing level since December 18. During the day, it surged by 658.96 points or 0.82 per cent to 80,254.55. The NSE Nifty rallied 161.70 points or 0.67 per cent to 24,328.95. HCL Tech surged the most by 7.72 per.

Cent after posting an 8.1% increase in consolidated net profit at ₹4,307 crore for March quarter 2024-25, mainly on account of large deals with a total contract value of about ₹25,500 crore. Kotak Mahindra Bank, State Bank of India, Axis Bank, ITC, and UltraTech Cement were also among the laggards, according to PTI Both the Sensex and Nifty reversed their seven-day.

Uptrend and settled lower on Thursday, amid profit-taking and disappointing Q4 earnings of Hindustan Unilever. Selling in blue-chips ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, and a largely muted trend in Asian and European equities also dragged the markets down, PTI reported. In the past seven trading days, the BSE benchmark gauge zoomed 6,269.34 points or 8.48 per cent, and the Nifty.

jumped 1,929.8 points or 8.61 per cent ​Indian stock markets experienced significant declines on April 25, 2025, amid escalating geopolitical tensions with Pakistan following a deadly militant attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, which resulted in 26 civilian deaths. The BSE Sensex fell by 1,195 points during intraday trading, closing 570.8 points lower at 79,227, while the NSE.

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The market downturn was driven by widespread losses across sectors, with 12 out of 13 major indices ending in the red. Broader markets were also affected, as mid-cap and small-cap Nifty50 dropped 207.3 points to settle at 24,039 indices declined over 2%. Investor sentiment was further dampened by India’s strong diplomatic response to the attack, which included.

suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, closing the Attari border crossing, and revoking visa privileges for Pakistani nationals The Indian rupee weakened, closing 0.2% lower at 85.45 against the U.S. dollar, influenced by month-end dollar demand and increased geopolitical uncertainty. Bond yields also rose, reflecting heightened risk aversion among investors

Analysts caution that the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan could continue to impact market stability. While a full-scale conflict is considered unlikely, the situation remains fluid, and investors are advised to monitor developments closely In Pakistan, the Karachi Stock Exchange’s KSE-100 index fell by 2.12%, or 2,485.85 points, as investors reacted to India’s.

The United Nations has urged both nations to exercise restraint and resolve their differences through peaceful dialogue diplomatic measures and the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty Indian stock markets slipped into the red on April 25, 2025, following India’s strong diplomatic actions against Pakistan after a deadly terrorist attack in Kashmir. The BSE Sensex.

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