SK GUPTA Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) CONSIDERED I.A. No.20504/12.

(2.) PETITIONER who is an Advocate of this court has filed the petition by way of Public Interest Litigation. Relief has been prayed in the writ petition to direct the respondents to take appropriate steps to ensure that child sex ratio in the State should not decline further on account of prevalent dowry system or the practice of female foeticide/infanticide by sex selection/sex determination or otherwise selecting abortion or it may be termed as discriminated abortion. Prayer has also been made that the State Government should provide financial assistance and scheme for improvement of condition of female children whether it concerns their birth, nutrition, education, property right, maintenance and other related matters. Other appropriate direction with respect to marriage ceremonies has also been prayed.

(3.) IN exercise of powers conferred under Section 17(4) of the Act of 1994, the State Government has decided that all the sonography machines shall be connected to active tracker and entire record, chart, forms, reports, etc. shall be maintained as per provisions of Section 29 of the Act of 1994 read with Rule 9 of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Rules, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the Rules of 1996), so that it can be examined by the concerned authorised officer so as to ensure compliance of provisions of the Act of 1994.