Sex Determination

Maharashtra's mandatory sex determination move will victimise women, not those exploiting their wombs

Making sex determination tests mandatory, as proposed in Maharashtra, is fraught with issues

Banning pre-natal sex determination sites does not curtail right to Internet access: Supreme Court

Citizens have a right to have Internet access and banning advertisements on pre-natal sex determination on websites do not curtail such rights, the Supreme Court said on Thursday.

Sangli doctor's arrest unfolds a horrifying tale of female foeticide racket covering Maharashtra, Karnataka

Swati Jamdade died on 1 March while undergoing an abortion performed by Balasaheb Khidrapure. During investigation, police found 19 foetuses, some in a state of decay, some buried under a stream close to the hospital. Gradually, a horrifying tale of female foeticide unfolded.

Showing sex determination ads is illegal: Here is why there is no full stop to this

Why does the court have to keep reminding search engines, time and again, to stop showing these sex determination test advertisements?

SC has ordered Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to remove any content related to sex-determination

Supreme Court directed search engines - Google, Yahoo and Microsoft - to set up in-house expert bodies “forthwith” to ensure deletion of materials which went against Indian laws prohibiting pre-natal sex determination.

Rajasthan is cracking down on illegal sex determination tests: Can other states follow suit?

The Rajasthan Government’s PCPNDT Cell, under the direction of Naveen Jain, is cracking down on illegal sex determination tests in the state. Can the model be replicated in other states too?

Google, Yahoo search engines agree to axe keywords around sex determination in India

Search engines Google, Yahoo and Microsoft informed the Supreme Court on Monday that they have taken several measures to block information relating sex determination.

Supreme Court pulls up Google, Yahoo, Microsoft for promoting sex determination

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are in trouble, yet again. The Supreme Court had directed the trio not to advertise, or sponsor any advertisement, on India-centric sex determination tests that are in breach of statutory provisions.

Maneka's 'mandatory sex determination' idea irks women's organisations

Several women organisations on Friday strongly opposed Union Minister Maneka Gandhi's suggestion that prenatal sex determination be made compulsory to check female foeticide

Maneka Gandhi's proposal on sex determination shocking and outlandish: Congress

Congress reacted sharply to Union Minister Maneka Gandhi's proposal to make pre-natal sex determination test compulsory to check female foeticide.