India, Nov. 19 -- The Bombay High Court has permitted a 19-year-old woman to terminate her 24-week pregnancy, observing that she had approached a Navi Mumbai hospital within the permissible period of 21 weeks but was wrongly denied termination.

The petitioner claimed that a Navi Mumbai hospital denied to terminate her pregnancy despite being under 21 weeks pregnant at the time, prompting her to file a petition with the Bombay High Court.

During an earlier hearing on November 11, the court referred her case to Vitthal Sayanna Civil Hospital in Thane, directing the formation of a multidisciplinary medical board to examine the petitioner's medical situation.

The board, including a gynecologist, paediatrician, radiologist, and psychiatrist...