JUDGMENT :

Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel, J.

The proceedings in the matter have been conducted through video conferencing.

1. This writ petition has been preferred with the following prayers:

"a. For a writ of mandamus or any other writ, order, directing the Respondents to allow the Petitioner to undergo Medical Termination of the Pregnancy.

b. For a writ of declaration or any other appropriate writ, order or direction quashing section 3(2)(b) of The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 971 to the limited extent that it stipulates a ceiling of 20 weeks for an abortion to be done under section 3, as ultra vires Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India.

c For a declaration to the effect that the expression "save the life of the pregnant woman" in Section 5 of the MTP Act includes "the protection of the mental and physical health of the pregnant woman" and also incorporates situations where serious abnormalities in the foetus are detected after the 20th week of pregnancy.

d. For an order directing the Respondent No. 3 for setting up an expert panel of doctors to assess the pregnancy a