The Supreme Court rules that police cannot conduct investigations into offences under the PCPNDT Act, which targets misuse of prenatal diagnostic techniques to determine a foetus’s sex. The court’s decision limits the role of police agencies in such cases and points to specific mechanisms for handling violations of the law.
Both outlets note the underlying purpose of the PCPNDT Act: it is enacted to prohibit the use of prenatal diagnostic techniques for the determination of a foetus’s sex. The articles frame the judgment as a procedural clarification about who is empowered to investigate alleged breaches, rather than altering the objective of preventing sex-selection practices.
While both sources agree on the core holding and the Act’s intent, they focus primarily on the legal takeaway—that investigations into PCPNDT offences are not to be carried out by police. Neither article provides extensive detail on the reasoning process or the exact alternative authority cited by the court, but the thrust of the reporting is consistent across both accounts.
