Nearly a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" campaign, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed search engines like Google India to strictly comply with the laws and block advertisements on sex determination.
The Supreme Court directed the Centre to take urgent steps to stop Google, Yahoo and Microsoft from advertising for foetal gender determination and displaying addresses of foreign clinics that provide assistance in the act which is an offence in India.
This is the effort that has to be made to see that nothing contrary to laws of this country are advertised. Its a matter of countries integrity.
It is said that it would be difficult to block these websites as they were hosted outside the country and provided good content for medical education. The bench, however, rejected the argument, saying "as we understand, the affidavit reflects a kind of helplessness".
As per latest estimates, around five lakh female foetus are aborted annually. According to UNICEF, India has lost over one crore girls since 2007 to female foeticide. Since 1991, 80 per cent Indian districts have recorded an increasingly masculine sex ratio.
References: TOI, Indiaone
References: TOI, Indiaone
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