Overview

• Hospitals are barred from demanding identity proof when survivors arrive with an investigating officer or under court or child welfare committee orders.
• Medical institutions must perform comprehensive examinations, including ultrasounds, without delay for rape survivors seeking termination.
• Investigating officers are tasked with presenting survivors alongside all necessary documents and case files during medical procedures.
• Hospitals must constitute medical boards immediately for pregnancies exceeding 24 weeks without awaiting specific court directions.
• The court instructs hospitals to appoint nodal officers, display updated SOPs, conduct regular staff training and obtain informed consent in a language survivors understand.