Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has said that if a rape survivor wishes to terminate her pregnancy up to 24 weeks, she does not need court's approval for that. Justice Sandeep N Bhatt of the Indore bench of the HC made this observation on August 11 while dismissing a writ petition filed by the father of a 16-year-old rape victim. In the petition, the victim had sought permission to terminate her around 18-week-old pregnancy. Petitioner's lawyer, Ashish Choubey, told PTI that the minor rape victim, through her father, had filed a petition in the high court seeking appropriate directions for legal termination of the unwanted pregnancy. He said that the minor girl does not want to continue the pregnancy resulting from the rape as she is experiencing immense mental distress.