JUDGMENT

Rekha Palli, J. - The petitioner, a 28 year-old pregnant woman, has approached this Court seeking the following reliefs:-

'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 an order directing the Respondent No. 3 for setting up an expert panel of doctors to assess the pregnancy and offer MTP to the petitioner in need of the procedure beyond the prescribed 20 weeks limit.

c. For an order directing any other government hospital in National Capital of Delhi who already has an expert panel of doctors to assess the pregnancy and offer MTP to the petitioner in need of the procedure beyond the prescribed 20 weeks limit.'

2. The petitioner has sought medical termination of her pregnancy on the ground that the foetus is suffering not only from Edward Syndrome (Trisomy 18) but also from non-ossified nasal bone and bilateral pyelectasis. In case the pregnancy is taken to its logical conclusion, then as per medical opinion, the child is not likely to survive beyond one year, and that too with continued medical assistance, which will not only cause severe harm to her physical, but me