Court Relief For Pregnant Teen Refused By Hospitals For Not Filing Police Case

The girl, in her petition filed through her mother in the high court, said hospitals refused her treatment as she did not want to file a police complaint against a boy with whom she was in a relationship.

The Bombay High Court today permitted a 17-year-old pregnant girl, refused medical assistance by some hospitals, to seek treatment at the state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai.

The girl, in her petition filed through her mother in the high court, said hospitals refused her treatment as she did not want to file a police complaint against a boy with whom she was in a relationship.

The relationship between the girl and boy, who is also aged 17, was consensual, the petition said.