A writ petition was filed by Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecological Societies of India (FOGSI) alone without other Medical Associations highlighting the issues and problems affecting the practice of obstetricians and gynecologists across the country under PCPNDT Act and challenging the constitutional validity of Sections 23(1) and Section 23(2) of the PCPNDT Act and seeking directions in the nature of certiorari / mandamus for decriminalizing anomalies in paperwork/record keeping/clerical errors in regard to the provisions of the Act for being violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution of India. Lawyers of FOGSI argued with following points :---- i. Equating clerical errors on the same footing with the actual offence of sex determination shows inherent weakness in the language of the Act.
ii. Appropriate Authority appointed under the Act conducts inspections and…
