JUDGMENT :

S.K. SAHOO, J.

Yatra Naaryastu Poojyante Ramante Tatra Devataah which means where women are honoured, divinity blossoms there. Woman is the creator of the universe. A woman plays her adorable role as ‘Janani Bhagini Jaya’. Every man needs a mother, a sister and a wife. It is said that behind every successful man, there is a woman. She is graceful. She is compassionate. She bestows all her love for everybody in the family. She is the epitome of sacrifice and strength. She has occupied every significant place in the history of religion, art, literature, politics, sports and even in spiritual path and excelled in discharging her duty. In spite of such glorious contribution of womanhood to our society, in the 21st century when one fails to realize her worth and becomes instrumental in cases of female foeticide and ending the lives of the defenceless angles sent by God in the mother’s womb in a cruel manner, the concept of equal right and equality of status as envisaged in the Constitution appears unrealistic and it creates a dent on the unthinkable conduct of a civilised society.

In case of Voluntary Health Association of Punjab -Vrs.-Union of India reported in (2016) 10 Suprem