New Delhi: The Supreme Court today came to the rescue of a minor rape victim who was denied permission by the High Court to terminate her pregnancy, by ordering that the requisite surgery may be done if the gynaecologists and clinical psychologists permit it.

The minor became pregnant after being allegedly raped by her doctor Jatin Bhai K Mehta when she had visited him after suffering from typhoid in February. She was denied permission by the Gujarat High Court to abort the foetus.