Complete contents of form F are held to be Mandatory Writ petition (civil) No. 129 of 2017 (Supreme Court of India) FOGSI, Petitioner Union of India and others. Respondents Supreme Court dismissed a writ petition filed by Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI), the bench comprising Justice observed that dilution of the provisions of the Act or the Rules would only defeat the purpose of the Act to prevent female foeticide, and relegate the right to life of the girl child under Article 21 of the Constitution, to a mere formality.
FOGSI had approached the Apex Court seeking decriminalizing of anomalies in paperwork/record keeping/clerical errors in regard of the provisions of the Act contending that the same is violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution of India. Observation of court: Non-maintenance of the record is a spring board for the…
