JUDGMENT :

1. This Writ Petition involves an application at the instance of a desperate mother seeking permission for terminating the pregnancy of an unmarried, physically handicapped and mentally retarded daughter a rape victim under the provisions of The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (hereinafter in short be mentioned as “the Act, 1971), The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules, 2003, (hereinafter in short be mentioned as “the Rules, 2003”) and The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter in short be mentioned as “the Regulations, 2003”).

3. With the above background of the case Sri S.C. Puspalaka, learned counsel for the petitioner taking this Court to the provisions at Sections 3 , 4 & 5 of the Act, 1971, Rule 5 of the Rules, 2003 and the provisions at the Regulation, 2003 and further taking this Court to the citat