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Aug 27, 2011, 4:30:26 AM8/27/11
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"Bombay high court helps fight female foeticide"
Saturday, Aug 27, 2011
By Mustafa Plumber
Mumbai
DNA
In a significant victory for the state government in its drive against
female foeticide, the Bombay high court on Friday upheld Kolhapur
district collector’s decision to make it mandatory for all
pathologists using sonography and ultrasound machines to install the
‘silent observer’, a device which records all sonography images, which
are then stored in a centralised server, and can be reviewed later to
track instances of foeticide.
The system also enables documentation of pregnant women to be stored
online.
A division bench of chief justice Mohit Shah and justice RP
Sondurbaldota, observed: “The court cannot close its eyes to the
decreasing figures of child sex ratio in the state, especially in
Kolhapur.”
The silent observer system consists of software and an attached device
which captures all images taken by the machine. A pilot project of the
scheme was introduced in Kolhapur in May last year.
The bench said that the images can be viewed only by an authorised
person, not below the rank of a deputy superintendent of police, and
that too after due permission from the district collector.
The bench accepted the arguments made in favour of the Kolhapur
district collector Laxmikant Deshmukh by senior counsel Ashutosh
Kumbhkoni, who said: “Since the installation of the device, the
filling of ‘Form F’, a mandatory requirement under the Pre-Conception
And Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition Of Sex Selection)
Act, 1994, has increased 34% as the process is now online. Earlier,
doctors would either underreport or give false reports about the
foetus test conducted by them, thus enhancing the chances of female
foeticide.”
The collector, whose initiative is supported by the state government
and the Centre, was praised by the court. The bench said: “We hope the
scheme brings about a balanced child sex ratio.”
The state government argued: “The doctors of Kolhapur district are
supporting the collector and it is with their consent and advice that
the scheme has been implemented.”
In June, a full bench of the Bombay High court had ruled that
authorities have the power to seize and seal sonography machines,
which are used for sex detection of foetuses in hospitals and clinics.
Extract is from: http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_bombay-high-court-helps-fight-female-foeticide_1580153
BR
"This generation will have to repent, not so much for the evil deeds
of the wicked people, but for the appalling silence of the good
people!" Martin Luther King, jr
Saturday, Aug 27, 2011
By Mustafa Plumber
Mumbai
DNA
In a significant victory for the state government in its drive against
female foeticide, the Bombay high court on Friday upheld Kolhapur
district collector’s decision to make it mandatory for all
pathologists using sonography and ultrasound machines to install the
‘silent observer’, a device which records all sonography images, which
are then stored in a centralised server, and can be reviewed later to
track instances of foeticide.
The system also enables documentation of pregnant women to be stored
online.
A division bench of chief justice Mohit Shah and justice RP
Sondurbaldota, observed: “The court cannot close its eyes to the
decreasing figures of child sex ratio in the state, especially in
Kolhapur.”
The silent observer system consists of software and an attached device
which captures all images taken by the machine. A pilot project of the
scheme was introduced in Kolhapur in May last year.
The bench said that the images can be viewed only by an authorised
person, not below the rank of a deputy superintendent of police, and
that too after due permission from the district collector.
The bench accepted the arguments made in favour of the Kolhapur
district collector Laxmikant Deshmukh by senior counsel Ashutosh
Kumbhkoni, who said: “Since the installation of the device, the
filling of ‘Form F’, a mandatory requirement under the Pre-Conception
And Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition Of Sex Selection)
Act, 1994, has increased 34% as the process is now online. Earlier,
doctors would either underreport or give false reports about the
foetus test conducted by them, thus enhancing the chances of female
foeticide.”
The collector, whose initiative is supported by the state government
and the Centre, was praised by the court. The bench said: “We hope the
scheme brings about a balanced child sex ratio.”
The state government argued: “The doctors of Kolhapur district are
supporting the collector and it is with their consent and advice that
the scheme has been implemented.”
In June, a full bench of the Bombay High court had ruled that
authorities have the power to seize and seal sonography machines,
which are used for sex detection of foetuses in hospitals and clinics.
Extract is from: http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_bombay-high-court-helps-fight-female-foeticide_1580153
BR
"This generation will have to repent, not so much for the evil deeds
of the wicked people, but for the appalling silence of the good
people!" Martin Luther King, jr
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