With skewed sex ratios appearing across the country, the Supreme Court has ordered all state governments to publish birth records of all new born babies online. These records will also be made available to the public. In an attempt towards curbing the rampant female foeticide in some states, the Supreme Court issued directives to the state governments to fast track any cases pertaining to female foeticide. Whether the child is female or male, they all have the same right to dignity.
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The Supreme Court directive aims at checking the falling female ratio especially in states like Haryana and Punjab. They have issued 16 guidelines which will also ensure immediate and effective implementation of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act and the Rules framed.
“When a female foetus is destroyed through artificial means, which is legally impermissible, the dignity of life of a woman to be born is extinguished. It corrodes the human values,â€_x009d_ Justice Misra, who wrote the judgment, observed.
The Supreme Court also directed Union Territories to frame incentive schemes for the birth of a girl child. This verdict was passed due to a PIL filed by Voluntary Health Association of Punjab.
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