Meenaz Kakalia, the petitioner’s lawyer, relied on a 2022 Supreme Court judgment which said a medical practitioner need not disclose the identity and other personal details of a minor in any criminal proceedings.The court permitted the gynaecologist to carry out the pregnancy termination without disclosing the girl’s name.It was “quite surprised” that despite the Supreme Court order, doctors were forced to move the HC for a permission as police insisted that they disclose the identity of minor victims in such cases, the judges said.”This is nothing but harassment of the doctors as well as the minor victims,” the HC said.The Supreme Court order should be circulated to all police stations in Maharashtra, and a copy should also be sent to the state Director General of Police for necessary action, the court said.
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