VOLUNTARY HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF PUNJAB versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court held that despite the substantive and procedural provisions of the PCPNDT Act and Rules, the declining sex ratio remains a serious social affliction, requiring additional directions for proper implementation, enforcement, and awareness. Fundamental equality rights for female children cannot be compromised; directions are issued to various authorities to facilitate effective implementation, transparency, training, awareness campaigns, and incentive schemes. Prayers to read down provisions or add exceptions to PCPNDT Act are not entertainable; legal remedies are available for…
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- Pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic techniques act
- Sex ratio
- Female foeticide
- Implementation of statutes
- Right to equality
- Abuse of process