Gujarat High Court allows 11-year old, raped by her father to abort pregnancy by invoking Durga Saptashati
Justice Samir Dave, invokes Durga Saptashati, a Hindu religious text while hearing the plea of a rape survivor for abortion.
Durga Saptashati is believed to be both a culmination of centuries of Indian ideas about the divine feminine as well as a foundation for the literature and spirituality focused on the feminine transcendence in centuries that followed
The Court observed: अर्थाात हे देवी जगदम्बे, जगत में जितनी भी स्त्रिया हैं वह सब तुम्हारी ही मुर्तिया हैं । इसस्त्रिलए अगर स्त्री चाहे तो वह सब कर सकती हैं जो वह करना चाहती हैं ,
यह ताकत सर्फ़ उसीमे हैं जो बडे बडे संकटों का नाश कर, श्रेष्ट से श्रेष्ट और कठिनतम कार्य भी पूर्ण कर सकती हैं। जरुरत हैं तो सर्वशक्तिमान नारी को स्वयं को पहचानने को।
The Court further observes that there is no higher insult to a woman than trying to touch her dignity.
In the present case, the 11 years and 9 months old girl child was subjected to the heinous crime by none other than her own father.
The Single Judge Bench ordered the State to pay a compensation of ₹2.5 lakh within a period of two months
The Bench allowed the plea for abortion because the risks for the development of complications were higher due to the tender age of the survivor.
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