Sex Determination

Police can't probe PCPNDT Act offences, designated authorities must: SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that police cannot investigate offences under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act. The PCPNDT Act was enacted with the intent to prohibit the use of prenatal diagnostic techniques for determination of the sex of the foetus. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh held that authorities designated under the law must take action in such cases. The top court said the PCPNDT Act concerns matters that are technical and which may require medical knowledge and sensitivity. "Police are not meant to be the investigators for the purposes of this Act," the bench said, adding that police can only play a supplementary role according to the provisions. "The restriction applies only to offences under this Act and does not restrict the police's power to investigate and to prosecute independent offences disclosed in the substantive criminal law," the bench said. The apex court's judgement came in a case concerning the

Sanjay Bangar's son undergoes Hormone Replacement Therapy to become Anaya

Sanjay Bangar's son Aryan shared a post on Instagram showing his sex transformation journey to become a female, Anaya. Aryan underwent HRT to change gender

Disappearing Y chromosome: Could the future of humanity be at risk?

Researchers have confirmed that the Y chromosome, which is essential for male sex determination, is gradually shrinking and may disappear in a few million years

The secondary sex

Aaliya Waziri's book is a brave and articulate attempt at dismantling patriarchy

Google, Yahoo asked to appoint expert bodies to block sex determination ads

Apex court ordered all companies to constitute in-house expert bodies

Supreme Court asks search engines to delete information on sex determination

A Bench said a nodal agency would inform search engines about any advertisements on prenatal sex determination on websites