SC issues notice to Centre on plea over unlawful hysterectomies in Rajasthan, Bihar and Chhattisgarh
The doctor in the PIL stated that women are forced to cover around 100 kilometres to get treated in private hospitals since there are not enough number of government healthcare programmes in the states of Rajasthan, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.;
Supreme Court of India
New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) recently filed by a doctor in the Supreme court has brought out the case of illegal and forced hysterectomies conducted on women from marginalized locations by private healthcare and the lack of adequate government healthcare programmes in Rajasthan, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.
The court subsequently issued a notice to the Union government on the PIL, asking the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India to look at the grievances raised in the petition, collect information about them and submit a final response by eight weeks.
The notice was issued to the union government by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha.
The doctor in the PIL stated that women are forced to cover around 100 kilometres to get treated in private hospitals since there are not enough number of government healthcare programmes in the states of Rajasthan, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.
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