Police cannot investigate offences under PCPNDT Act: Supreme Court

The PCPNDT Act was enacted with the intent to prohibit the use of prenatal diagnostic techniques for determination of the sex of the foetus

Police cannot ordinarily investigate offences related to foetal sex determination under PCPNDT Act, says SCNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that police cannot ordinarily investigate offences related to foetal sex determination under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Se