There can be no doubt that there has to be freedom
of access to information but, a significant one, such freedom
cannot violate a law that holds the field. Be it noted, this
Court has shown its concern with regard to the decrease of
sex ratio in three decisions, namely, Centre for Enquiry into
Health & Allied Themes (CEHAT) and others vs. Union of India
and others (2001) 5 SCC 577, Centre for Enquiry into Health
& Allied Themes (CEHAT) and others vs. Union of India and
others (2003) 8 SCC 398, Voluntary Health Association of
Punjab vs. Union of India and others (2013) 4 SCC 1, and
recently in Voluntary Health Association of Punjab vs. Union
of India and others 2016 (10) SCALE 531. The concern of the
legislative response in the 1994 Act has been further
articulated by this Court in last two decades. In such a
situation, whether the companies can take shelter of free
access or choose to be catalysts in the depletion of sex
ratio, has to be debated.
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
Writ Petition (Civil) No.341/2008
SABU MATHEW GEORGE
V
UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPAK MISRA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMITAVA ROY
Dated:16th February, 2017.
Citation:(2017) 2 SCC 514
