Supreme Court of India

Dr Narendra Gupta v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 6 S.C.R. 992
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and J. B. Pardiwala JJ.
Decided 5 April 2023

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Directions by Supreme Court – Unnecessary Hysterecto mies – Constitution of India – Art.21 – Violation of Fundamental Rig hts of Women – Guidelines to Prevent Unnecessary Hysterectomies – public interest litigation was filed by the petitio ner in 2013, highlighting the issue of unnecessary hysterectomie s being performed under various government healthcare schemes in vari ous States – Petitioner has brought to Supreme Court’s not ice the fact that women, who should not have been subjected to hysterecto mies and to whom alternative treatment could have been extended, wer e subjected to

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