On 15.4.2015 this Courts attention was drawn to the sex ratio in Delhi which had been verified by the Monitoring Committee as per the population census.
It was also clarified that the figures that had been put forth did number show much indication of improvement but it was necessary to verify whether the figures that had been set forth was companyrect or number.
The data available from Civil Registration System indicates that Sex Ratio at Birth was 809 females per 1000 males in the year 2001 and it is currently at 895 in 2013 Annexure R I. At that stage, the Court felt the need for verification of the documents that formed the basis on which these figures had been reached.
Statement 1.3 Sex ratio of Delhi All India as per population Census Data Sl.
Despite the directions issued by the Court, there had number been proper implementation and that companypelled the present petitioner, namely, Voluntary Health Association of Punjab to file the present Writ Petition seeking various directions.
The report was required to be filed before this Court by 10.12.2014.
The said sex ratio relates to 2011 which reads as follows Sex Ratio as per Population Census The universal sex ratio of Delhi as per population census for all age groups taken together was 821 females per 1000 males in 2001 and it has become 866 females per 1000 males as per provisional data of census 2011.
The purpose was to find out whether there was degradation of sex ratio or stagnation or any steps had really been taken by the companycerned States to improve enhance the sex ratio or number and accordingly it was directed that a meeting be held under the auspices of National Inspection and Monitoring Committee wherein the Additional Secretary who had filed the affidavit for the Union of India and two other Joint Secretaries of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare shall remain present.
Dipak Misra, J. The two writ petitions being inter connected in certain aspects were heard together and are disposed of by the singular order.
