The Delhi High Court allowed a woman’s plea seeking termination of pregnancy in the 28th week, after taking AIIMS expert doctors’ panel opinion in this regard. The woman sought termination after a medical report stated that the fetus suffered from anencephaly (skull bone not formed) thereby making it incompatible with life.

The Division Bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh allowed the woman’s plea to terminate her fetus suffering from anencephaly, a condition where the skull bone is not formed.

Last week, the bench had referred the matter to AIIMS for the opinion of the expert doctors penal. The court had asked AIIMS to constitute a doctors’ panel to examine the medical condition of the petitioner as the fetus being carried by her is suffering from serious abnormalities.