Case against SRK for foetus sex test
Advocate and social activist Varsha Deshpande has filed a complaint in a local court seeking action against actor Shah Rukh Khan, his wife Gauri and others under the Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT) in connection with the surrogate child of the celebrity couple. Ms Deshpande filed the complaint on Thursday alleging that the child’s gender had been determined before birth, thus violating the PCPNDT Act.
The 47-year-old actor’s third child was born to a surrogate mother recently at Masrani Hospital in Andheri. The complaint claimed that gender testing was banned under the act. Ms Deshpande, also a lawyer, said she had earlier filed a complaint with health department of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation following media reports about a child being born to the couple through surrogacy amidst allegations that a gender test had been conducted.
Soon thereafter, civic officials visited the actor’s house on June 17 to ascertain the facts. However, the team was sent away and the actor had rubbished allegations that the provisions of the act had been violated.
The complainant alleged that the civic officials had failed to take action against the couple and hence she moved the magistrate’s court with a fresh complaint.
Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Uday Padwad has fixed the matter for hearing on September 12. Meanwhile, the court has issued notices to the couple, civic health officials, and other respondents.
Reacting to the case filed over the sex determination test, SRK said, “We are trying to make up for the sad unhappy news with happy moments. We are happy that our son is born...we hope he will be fine. It’s saddening what is happening. I hope I am not called again and again personally. I feel sex determination test is redundant. I don’t know how we are going to prove it. May be we will have to increase our battery of lawyers. (sic)”
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