A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra directed the Centre and all state governments to give details of what action they have taken to implement Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act that prohibits pre-natal sex determination.
"What are you(Centre) doing? You make law but don't do anything to implement it and leave it to the fate," the bench said.
"You are becoming sloppy on the issue and appropriate authorities are not taking any action at all," it said.
The bench also directed that Health Secretaries of the state to file affidavit within four weeks. It, however, granted six weeks time to Jammu and Kashmir to file the response in view of state being devastated by recent floods.
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"We may hasten to add that the affidavits shall be comprehensive and must reflect sincerity and responsibility. It should not be an affidavit in formality," it said.
It had directed the governments to map all ultra- sonography clinics within three months and asked the lower courts to dispose all cases for violation of the Act within a period of six months to bring the accused to book.
It had also said that special cell be constituted by the state governments and the Union Territories to monitor the progress of various cases pending in the courts under the Act and take steps for their early disposal.
The average count of girl child (0-6 years) in the country has dropped to 914 per 1000 boys as per the Census 2011 which was earlier 927 in the 2001 Census.