Giving Preference To Male Child Is Against Constitutional Duty To Renounce Practices Derogatory To Women's Dignity: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court observed that giving preference to male child is violative of Article 39A of the constitution and against mandate of Article 51A (e) which casts a Constitutional duty on citizens to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women. While upholding the constitutional validity of Section 23 of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of...