SC asks UP to conclude all female foeticide trials in 3 months

January 13, 2015 19:54

Taking serious view of alarming drop in the sex ratio of Uttar Pradesh, Supreme Court today issued a slew of directions which includes completion of trial of cases lodged in the state for offence of sex determination and female foeticide within three months.

"Who will speak on your (UP) behalf on the issue of female foeticide," a bench of justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant said while hearing a batch of pleas on female foeticide.

The bench, which today took up the case of Uttar Pradesh, said the trial in nearly 143 cases registered under the Pre- natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act for the offences of sex determination and female foeticide be completed within three months starting January 20.

It further clarified that the cases would include only those where either the Allahabad high court or the apex court have not stayed the trial.

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