New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a married woman's plea to terminate her nearly 26-week pregnancy, holding that a consensual pregnancy conceived within a subsisting marriage cannot be terminated merely because the couple developed differences after conception.

A bench of justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan said the case was distinct from those involving rape survivors, minors or other statutory exceptions under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, and that the relief sought could not be granted in the facts and circumstances of the case.

"We are not inclined to permit her...here is a marriage, a consensual relationship and conceiving of a child...differences of opinion can occur at any time," s...