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PETITIONER
VERSUS
RESPONDENTS
1.
and
other
publications
made
in
the
It
advertisements
is,
and
therefore,
other
submitted
that
the
publications
in
the
Authorities
State
should
Supervisory
be
submitted
Boards
and
the
to
the
State
action,
should
submit
it
to
the
Central
has
largely
been
non-compliance
of
its
II.
III.
IV.
The
National
inspection
and
Monitoring
Act
in the
past;
the
IRIA has
The
State/UT
and
District/Sub-District
clarifications and
No
Direction
Clarification Sought
1.
The
Union Territories
Supervisory
Supervisory Boards,
Supervisory
Board
(SSB),
constituted
under
16A,
six months, so as to
effective is the
implementation of the
PC&PNDT Act.
Board
(Central
Board)
shall
meets
once
in
months.
2
The
State
Committees
institute
State
and
District
Authority
to
under
and
take
17(4)(g)
to
further
Rule
11
Rule
12
powers
for
Advisory
Committees.
3.
should
details
of
the
charges Appropriate
Authority
as
it
is
the
which
Appropriate
has
been
of
registered
medical
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4.
The
authorities
and
Infertility
Centers
Clinics,
etc.
using
District
Authorities, in accordance
with Rule 9(8) of the
Rules.
5.
manufacturers
Rule 3-
and
Genetic
basis,
concerned
to
Territory
and
Government,
persons
whom
to
list
11
Directions
appropriately
giving
may
be
clarified
by
responsibility
of
State/UT
6.
Centers, Genetic
properly maintained,
concerned.
be substituted. There is a
need to give further direction
to every Genetic Counseling
Centers, Genetic Laboratories
and Genetic Clinics, Infertility
Clinics, Scan Centres that
they shall maintain a register
as provided under Rule 9(1).
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7.
8.
as
Appropriate
used
illegally
and
Act
and
the
Rules
can
also
under
be
the
Suggestions
the
training
of
Authorities
&
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prosecutors,
at
all
judicial
levels
is
State
and
levels.
Judiciary
as
well
as
Departments of Prosecution.
information
collected
by
the
State
3. Registration of Births
1.
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The
Sevana
website,
accessed
at
dissuade
both
the
unethical
medical
15
of
sex
determination
or
sex
selection
committed secretly.
9. That below are details of some of the information
displayed on the website:
i) The birth information is summarised for the State.
And for each unit, District, Municipality, Corporation
or Gram Panchayat level data can be obtained by
clicking the map.
ii) Graphs provide a visual comparison of boys and
girls born over the past three years.
iii) This is available at the State, District and other
local body levels.
This Honble Court by order dated 13.01.2015 directed:
At this juncture, it is submitted by Mr. Sanjay
Parekh, learned counsel appearing for the applicant
that in certain cases, the figures that are collected as
regards the birth of children are not put on the web
site . It is directed that the said figures/data shall be
put on the Government website and the said website
shall be adequately publicized.
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for
appropriate
authorities
regarding
5.
Prosecution
I.
II.
17
IV.
V.
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suspending
or
cancelling
registration.
Relevant
The
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II.
7.
Inspections / Monitoring
I.
II.
8.
Informer Scheme
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I.
providing
information
to
the
appropriate
Awareness Programmes
Awareness programmes in rural areas should be done
with aid of Aaganwadi workers or Asha as they are
the ones who are regularly in touch with rural women
and children giving information about the health and
nutrition etc. Awareness should be created in the
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Legal Issues
I.
II.
22
III.
investigation,
i.e.,
search,
seizure
and
search,
seizure,
panchnama,
23
VI.
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25
with
hearings,
which
are
not
body(including authorised
medical
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X.
not
registered.
Through
this
mechanism,
the
its
MD,
Dr.Chawla.
The
But all
Hospital
name is
FORTIS
hospital,
27
NIMC
recommend
that
thorough
PC-PNDT
Act
be
undertaken
by
the
28
State-wise Position
The affidavits which have been filed by different States
have been analyzed by the Applicants. The said affidavits
along with relevant material have also been studied by the
Girls Count, a Civil Society organisation and a report was
released in December 2015 by Honble Justice Hemant L.
Gokhale (Retd. Supreme Court Judge). The analysis of the
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Filed by
[ANITHA SHENOY]
[ADVOCATE FOR THE APPLICANTS]