Courts Should 'Prioritize' PCPNDT Act’s Purpose Over Technicalities While Deciding Applications Seeking Condition Of Delay: Delhi High Court

Nupur Thapliyal

8 Aug 2023 2:32 PM IST

  • Courts Should Prioritize PCPNDT Act’s Purpose Over Technicalities While Deciding Applications Seeking Condition Of Delay: Delhi High Court

    The Delhi High Court has observed that courts should prioritize the purpose and objective of Pre-Conception and-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994, while adjudicating the applications seeking condonation of delay in cases pertaining to the enactment. “The primary intent of PC&PNDT Act is to safeguard the rights of the unborn girl child and promote gender equality by curbing the misuse...

    Nupur Thapliyal

    Nupur Thapliyal

    Nupur Thapliyal is a Principal Correspondent with LiveLaw, based in New Delhi. She reports from the Delhi High Court and trial courts in the national capital

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