X vs Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi

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2022 Supreme(SC) 991

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, A. S. BOPANNA, J. B. PARDIWALA
X – Appellant
Versus
Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Dr. Amit Mishra, Adv. Mr. Rahul Sharma, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Ms. Aishwarya Bhati , ASG Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Ms. Manisha Chava, Adv. Mr. BLN Shivani, Adv. Ms. Shivika Mehra, Adv. Mr. Aman Sharma, Adv. Mr. Manvendra Singh, Adv. Ms. Chitrangda Rastravara, Adv. Mr. Nithin Pavuluri, Adv. Mr. Abhijeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Shagun Thakur, Adv. Ms. Poornima Singh, Adv. Mr. Ketan Paul, Adv. Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Adv. Mr. GS. Makker, AOR

JUDGMENT :

Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, J

		Table of Contents
A. Background
B. Submissions
C. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 and the rules framed thereunder
D. Barriers to accessing safe and legal abortions
	i. RMPs’ fear of prosecution
	ii. Social stigma surrounding unmarried women
E. Analysis
	i. The rule of purposive interpretation
	ii. Transcending the institution of marriage as a source of rights
	a. Modern or atypical forms of familial relationships
	b. The equal status of married and unmarried or single women
	iii. The object and purpose of the MTP Act
	iv. The MTP Act as an aid of interpretation: Understanding “injury to mental health”
	v. Construing Rule 3B
F. Constitutional values animating the interpretation of the MTP Act and MTP Rules
	i. The right to reproductive autonomy
	ii. The right to dignity
G. Purposive interpretation of Rule 3B furthers the constitutional mandate 66
H. India’s obligatio

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2022 Supreme(SC) 991

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, A. S. BOPANNA, J. B. PARDIWALAX – AppellantVersusPrincipal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi – Respondent

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D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, A. S. BOPANNA, J. B. PARDIWALA
X – Appellant
Versus
Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi – Respondent