Important Judgments which shaped MTP Act, POCSO Act, and PCPNDT Act: Adv. ROHIT ERANDE.©
Important Judgments which shaped MTP Act, POCSO Act, and PCPNDT Act: By Adv. ROHIT ERANDE. The Oby & Gyn. Specialists apart from keeping their medical knowledge updated and to use their skill, also routinely have to go through the legal frameworks when dealing with reproductive health, child protection, and prenatal diagnostics and the three critical laws governing Oby & Gyn medical practice in these areas are the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, and the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994. This article is an attempt to peruse in nutshell the important judgments that every doctor in India should be aware of. I. Important Judgments related to the MTP Act. The MTP Act, 1971 was passed to ensure the health and safety of women by reducing deaths from unsafe abortions, providing a legal framework for abortion under specific conditions, and protecti...