While dealing with a plea filed by a minor rape survivor’s father, for the medical termination of her pregnancy, the Gujarat high court on June 7 said that underage girls in the past would have given birth to at least one child by the time they were 17 years old.
Bar and Bench has reported that a single-judge bench of Justice Samir Dave invoked the Manusmriti, an ancient legal text that has been decried for espousing casteist and misogynist ideas, in making these observations.
https://thewire.in/women/gujarat-high-court-manusmriti-rape-survivor-children-underage-girls
09/06/2023