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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 8170

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
K. NATARAJAN, JOHNSON JOHN, JJ
ANASUYA SOMU – Appellant
Versus
THE UNION OF INDIA – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI.LIJI.J.VADAKEDOM, SHRI.ATHUL V. VADAKKEDOM, SMT.REXY ELIZABETH THOMAS, SMT.ANCY DANIEL
For the Respondents: SRI. T.K.VIPINDAS, SMT. AMMU CHARLES

Table of Content
1. court's rationale for reviewing conditions set by the single judge on mtp. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. appellants' situation necessitating medical intervention due to foetal abnormalities. (Para 4 , 5 , 7)
3. reference to previous judgment and salient features of current case. (Para 8 , 9 , 12)
4. legal provisions governing mtp in cases of substantial foetal abnormalities. (Para 10 , 11)
5. summary of the court's decision allowing mtp at the respondent's medical facility. (Para 13 , 15)

K. NATARAJAN, J.

This Writ Appeal is filed by the appellants/petitioners in W.P.(C)No.3135/2026 for setting aside the condition No.4 of the direction passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court vide judgment dated 30.01.2026.

2. We have heard the learned counsel for the appellants, learned Senior Government Pleader appearing for respondents 2 to 6 and also the learned counsel who appeared for the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi.

3. We have perused the judgment passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court, which reads as follows:-

“1. The sixth respondent shall take immediate measures for constituting a Medical Team to conduct the termination of the first petitioner’s pregnancy

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