A two-judge bench of the
Supreme Court, on Wednesday, pronounced a split verdict on the Centre's plea
for recall of its October 9 order granting permission to a married woman, a
mother of two, to terminate her 26-week pregnancy, with one judge voicing her
disinclination to allow abortion and the other asserting that the woman's
decision "must be respected".
The Supreme Court on
Wednesday also declined to grant interim relief to Samajwadi Party leader Azam
Khan's son that the trial court in Uttar Pradesh be asked not to pass a final
order in a pending criminal case against him till his claim of juvenility is
ascertained.