Abstract
This case comment analyses the recent Kerala High Court decision in Cry of Life Society v Union of India, where a petition was filed to declare India's law on abortion unconstitutional for violating the right to life of the foetus. The High Court dismissed the petition, upholding the constitutionality of the legislation as protecting women's right to life. The author discusses the High Court's order, narrowing in on the right to life argument used by the Court, and the right to life argument that the Court missed. This analysis distils and responds to the 'shades of life' underlying abortion law in India.
Recommended Citation
Pillai, Gauri
(2022)
"Shades of Life in Indian Abortion Law,"
National Law School Journal: Vol. 16:
Iss.
1, Article 10.
DOI: 10.55496/EJAP2811
Available at:
https://repository.nls.ac.in/nlsj/vol16/iss1/10
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.55496/EJAP2811