Police Cannot Investigate Offences Under PCPNDT Act: Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court has given an important verdict on the law on sex selection and prevention of female foeticide. The Supreme Court has clarified that for offences under the ‘Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994’ (PC&PNDT Act), the police cannot directly register an FIR or act as the lead investigating agency. A bench of Supreme Court Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice N. Kotishwar Singh gave t…
PCPNDT Act: Police cannot register FIRs or investigate offences, says Supreme Court - OrissaPOST
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday held that police cannot investigate offences under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act. The PCPNDT Act was enacted with the intent to prohibit the use of prenatal diagnostic techniques for determination of the sex of the foetus. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh held that authorities designated under the law must take action in such cases. The top court sai…
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