In his affidavit, Director (PNDT), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, submitted that as of January 28, there are 415 ongoing cases in courts or with the police for various violations of the law. “Though most of these casesdeal with non-registration of centres/clinics, 63 cases relate to determination and disclosure of sex of foetus in states of Haryana and Punjab (18 each).

Moreover there are 42 cases pending against people who have placed advertisements about facilities of pre-conception, pre-natal sex selection in Gujarat (13), Haryana (5), Madhya Pradesh (3) and Punjab (5). An amount of Rs 5 lakh each has been sanctioned to 126 members of Parliament from the states of UT, Delhi, Gujarat and Haryana to create public awareness, reads the affidavit.