The Supreme Court has requested a response from all states on a plea for the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT...

The top court posted the plea, filed by advocate Meera Kaura Patel, for hearing after eight weeks. In its October 17, 2022 order, the bench...

Supreme Court of India has agreed to examine the validity of the age restriction necessary to consider before conducting abortion-related t...

The Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme was launched in 2014 to address a decline in child sex ratio and related issues of empowerment of...

The plea has also sought striking down of the clause of general criteria under blood donor selection criteria of the guidelines for blood d...

Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, and Universite de Paris, France, noted that ther...

The bill proposes a fine of up to Rs 10 lakh for anyone indulging in sale of embryo or trafficking at the first instance, and jail term of ...

A citizen has a right to access to internet. We are on a concept of pre-censorship. Court has to be very cautious, a bench led by Justice D...

The genesis of the government's Beti bachao beti padhao (BBBP) scheme was this: Giving girls a chance to be born, to be loved and to grow.

To ensure effective implementation of 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' programme, Haryana govt will organise a 3-day state level training programm...

Also the same was not being provided to a large number of adolescent girls, the report added.

The MWCD has finalized the operational guidelines, templates for district action plan and standardized training module for the scheme.

Government's ambitious 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme' to improve the child sex ratio (CSR) will be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Mo...

Child sex ratio, that is, the number of girls in the 0-4 year age group for every 1000 boys in the same age group has declined from 914 to ...

Microsoft submitted before SC that it never advertised any pre-natal sex selection technologies on its website in violation of Indian laws.

Sunil Sharma, Telangana's Secretary, Women, Children, Disabled & Senior Citizens (Schemes) Department, recently went to Gujarat.

Deshpande had in her complaint alleged the child's gender had been determined before birth, thereby violating the sections of the Act.