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'How To Conceive' Instructions to Wife: Kerala Woman Seeks Action Against Husband and In-Laws Under PC-PNDT Act After They Give Her 'Note' on How To Conceive 'Good Boy Child'

In her plea, the woman alleged that her husband and in-laws handed her a note containing certain "pre-conception sex selection methods" to conceive a "good boy child" and not a girl child on the first day of her marriage itself.

'How To Conceive' Instructions to Wife: Kerala Woman Seeks Action Against Husband and In-Laws Under PC-PNDT Act After They Give Her 'Note' on How To Conceive 'Good Boy Child'

A woman from Kerala recently approached the High Court against her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law for allegedly giving her instructions on how to conceive a male child. The woman has sought the court's directions to the Director of the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Division and Additional Director (Family Welfare) to conduct an investigation and take appropriate action against her husband and in-laws who gave her instructions on conceiving a "good male child". In her plea, the woman alleged that her husband and in-laws handed her a note containing certain "pre-conception sex selection methods" to conceive a "good boy child" and not a girl child on the first day of her marriage itself. The woman has sought action against them under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act of 1994. HC on Talaq: Muslim Women Need Not Move Court To Register Divorce by Talaq, Says Kerala High Court.

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