Plea to end 24-week-old abnormal Foetus said:

> In her petition, the woman has alleged that she was raped by her ex-fiance on the false promise of marriage and became pregnant and sought a direction to quash sections of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 to the extent that it puts a ceiling of 20 weeks for an abortion as it is ultra vires of the constitution > Her plea contended that the ceiling is unreasonable, arbitrary, harsh and violative of the right to life and equality > She said that the foetus has abnormalities and will cause mental distress to the mother and challenged the validity of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act prescribing a ceiling of 20 weeks