JUDGMENT :

1. Aggrieved by the avoidable ‘maternal death’ of his daughter-in- law Martha Sabar, who died after delivering a dead female child, the Petitioner has approached this Court with the present petition praying inter alia for the appointment of a Maternal Death Review Board comprised of independent members and for this Court to thereafter direct payment of compensation by the State. The Petitioner has also prayed for disbursal to the family of the deceased, her financial entitlements under the National Maternity Benefit Scheme (NMBS). General directions are also sought for the proper implementation of the various schemes of the central and state government including the Janani Suraksha Yojan