HC seeks reply on mass sterilisation of 73 women in Varanasi

Allahabad High Court today sought Uttar Pradesh government's reply on a petition alleging that over 70 women were sterilised within hours at a recent mass sterilisation camp in Varanasi, where they were operated upon on floors.
A division bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Suneet Kumar asked the Director, Family Planning of Uttar Pradesh and the Chief Medical Officer of Varanasi to file their reply and fixed the matter for hearing after four weeks.
The order came on the PIL filed by Savitri Bai Phule Women's Organisation, which alleged that in January this year as many as 73 women were sterilised within a span of a few hours at a sterilisation camp held inside a Primary Health Centre.

The PIL has also alleged that the women were also asked to lie down on floors to undergo the surgeries at the PHC in Chirai village.