High Court gives Relief for Doctors, slams Appropriate Authority for misuse of power Meghna A Singhania18 Jan 2017 4:18 PM ISTNagpur: A recent judgement of the Bombay High court was seen bringing relief to two medical practitioners by quashing the criminal prosecution against...
Harsh penal provision for minor offences under PC-PNDT may go, says Ministry savita thakur thakur7 Jan 2017 12:03 PM ISTUnion Health ministry will review certain provisions in the PC&PNDT Act so that criminal cases are not slapped on doctors for minor offences.Union...
TN: Doctors to report weekly pregnancies and abortions details online Meghna A Singhania3 Jan 2017 4:30 PM ISTChennai: Medical practitioners working with state would now have to provide weekly online reports to the health department about the number...
New Delhi: Radiologist caught performing sex determination in a sting operation Meghna A Singhania31 Dec 2016 3:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: FIR has been lodged against a radiologist, a mediator and a nursing home owner in North Delhi, after the PC-PNDT authorities, North Delhi,...
Anupriya Patel, MOS, Health on PC-PNDT act savita thakur thakur19 Dec 2016 4:41 PM ISTThe Government of India has enacted the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, for prohibition...
IIT Scientists to develop software to regulate sex determination Meghna A Singhania11 Dec 2016 8:15 PM ISTSince the enaction of PC-PNDT Act in 1994, the modality of ultrasound has drawn a lot of flak for its potential use for illegal sex determination in...
HP: Tracking device to be installed in Ultrasound Machines to curb sex determination Noha7 Dec 2016 9:09 AM ISTWith the aim of keeping the unlawful practice of sex determination in check and initiating strict action against offenders under Pre-Conception and...
Medical Council cannot remove the name until Doctor Convicted by Criminal Court: Madras Hight Court Meghna A Singhania26 Nov 2016 5:33 PM ISTAnother much awaited relief in PCPNDT Case."The question of removing the Doctor's name from the register of Medical Council would arise only in the...
TN: 3 scan centres sealed for performing sex determination Noha23 Nov 2016 9:16 AM ISTNamakkal: Three centres at the Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu have been sealed, after authorities caught practitioners performing Sex Determination...
New Delhi: Rs 50,000 reward for informers on sex determination kanchan joshi16 Oct 2016 10:28 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a resolve to put a tab on the dipping rates of sex ratio, the Delhi government has decided to introduce "informer reward scheme" whereby...
Much awaited relief on Form F given by Bombay High Court Meghna A Singhania30 Sept 2016 1:28 PM ISTDocs can’t be tried under sex selection law for small errors: Bombay HCA recent judgment of Bombay High Court - An Oasis for Drs in the desert of...
Rajasthan: B-scan Machines to fall under PC-PNDT Act Meghna A Singhania8 Aug 2016 3:26 PM ISTJaipur: Ophthalmologists working in the state, may soon have to get their B-scan eye machines registered with the PNDT authorities as the state...
