The Supreme Court of India on Thursday hit out at the Centre for filing a curative plea against its earlier order allowing a 15-year-old rape survivor to terminate her 31-week pregnancy. The court made it clear that such a decision should rest with the survivor and her family, not the state. Chief Justice Surya Kant strongly objected to the government’s move, saying, “Give respect to citizens, madam… You have no locus to challenge… only the victim or her family can challenge.” The bench stressed that the trauma faced by the minor cannot be measured, adding that nothing can truly compensate for what she has gone through.
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