The Delhi High Court today rejected a PIL seeking directions to the Centre to block sites which provide information on or sell pre-natal sex determination kits, saying there is already a remedy available under the law.<\/p>\n
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw refused to entertain the petition which alleged “pathetic inaction” on the part of the government in “curbing” import and search of pre-natal gender determination tests and kits online.<\/p>\n
“There is already a remedy available under the law for prayers sought in the petition. We are not inclined to entertain the petition,” the court said.<\/p>\n
The petition, filed by Nandita Bansal through advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal, had claimed if there is no intervention from the government, entire purpose of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT) Act would be defeated.<\/p>\n
Under the PNDT Act, pre-natal sex determination is banned.<\/p>\n
The petition had claimed there were several online stores, which sells such kits for prices ranging from USD 19 to USD 500.<\/p>\n
These tests or kits are packed in the US, where sex determination is legal, and are transported here, it had said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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