with dignity. Such right cannot
be denied and practice of female foeticide/infanticide is prevailing
at large which is illegal and unconstitutional.
20. The respondents ... expressing concern
about prenatal sex selection, female infanticide and female
genital mutilation. The said Resolution also urged all States to
enact and enforce legislation
Lotha, a Naga tribal girl, appeals from jail against her conviction for infanticide, concealment of birth and secret disposal of dead body, under Sections ... result thereof as quickly as possible to prove the case of infanticide. She may also be given necessary treatment. In addition the following points
fact, in view of the rampant practice of female infanticides
for innumerable reasons, the PCPNDT Act was passed in the year 1994 by
the Parliament ... Supreme Court noted the evil of female
infanticide in as hereunder:-
"1. It is unfortunate that for one reason or the other, the practice
crime which has been created by society i.e. female
infanticide, having acted as a pawn, be made to pay for the
sins ... apparent that the
appellant has committed the offence of female infanticide i.e.
has murdered her own baby.
22. We quote three stanzas from
unfortunate that for one reason or the other,
the practice of female infanticide still prevails despite the
fact that gentle touch of a daughter ... well placed in the society. The
traditional system of female infanticide whereby female
baby was done away with after birth by poisoning or
letting
unfortunate that for one reason or the other, the practice of female
infanticide still prevails despite the fact that gentle touch of a daughter ... well placed in the
society. The traditional system of female infanticide whereby female baby
was done away with after birth by poisoning or letting
second appellant/A2 beyond all reasonable doubts.
16. Prevention of infanticide, especially the female infanticide is the object of the state, based ... over the same to any orphanage or service organisation, instead of committing infanticide, which is highly condemnable. Therefore, we are of the considered view that
body was buried in the backyard of the house and suspecting female infanticide, he passed information to P.W.4-Deputy Tahsildar Ananthakrishnan ... decomposed. Intestines: empty; Bladder: empty; Uterus: infantile;
Impression: A case of female infanticide."
He expressed opinion that the deceased would appear to have died
Usilampatty which attained notoriety for the high rate of female
infanticide prevalent there. The institution claims to have saved several
new born female babies from ... institution, the Administrator of the Institution has claimed that when
female infanticide was widely prevalent in Usilampatti Town of Madurai
District, several female infants were
Judge, Palakkad. In the said case, she was accused of
having committed infanticide and was charged along with her mother, Pazhani
Amma, for committing offences ... against the 2nd accused, the allegation is that despite knowing about the
infanticide committed by her daughter, she failed to disclose the information
