Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 260 · Decided 4 May 2001
Centre for Enquiry Into Health and Allied Themes (Cehat) and ORS. v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 260 · [2001] 3 S.C.R. 534
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 301/2000
- Decided
- 4 May 2001
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, S.N. VARIAVA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Hearing Adjourned
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994 : Sections 3, 7, 9, 16, 17 and 22. c Female foeticide-Practice· of-Deprecation of~Effect of practice- Object of Act is to prevent Jnisuse of techniques for the purpose of pre-natal sex determination leading to 1st January 1996-But to a large extent it is not implemented by the Central D Government or State Government-Hence writ petition in this Court- . ~ Directions issued by Supreme Court. Directions to Central Government-Central Government should create awareness against the pre-determination of
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