Section 3B. Prohibition on sale of ultrasound machine, etc., to persons, laboratories, etc., not registered under the Act
1[3B. Prohibition on sale of ultrasound machine, etc., to persons, laboratories, clinics, etc., not registered under the Act.--No person shall sell any ultrasound machine or imaging machine or scanner or any other equipment capable of detecting sex of the foetus to any Genetic Counselling Centre, Genetic Laboratory, Genetic Clinic or any other person not registered under the Act.]
Judgements applying section 3B
Satish s/o Balasaheb Gaware (medical practitioner) v. State of Maharashtra and Dr. Amarjyoti Jayant Shinde (informant) - Criminal Application No.684 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad, 2026:BHC-AUG:17341-DB, Coram S.G. Chapalgaonkar J., decided 20 April 2026.
AllowedOpenPC&PNDT Act, 1994 - Section 28 - cognizance restriction - police investigation and charge-sheet under IPC - Revision against rejection of discharge (S.227 Cr.PC) dismissed.
DismissedOpenSatish s/o Balasaheb Gaware (medical practitioner) v. State of Maharashtra and Dr. Amarjyoti Jayant Shinde (informant) - Criminal Application No.684 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad, 2026:BHC-AUG:17341-DB, Coram S.G. Chapalgaonkar J., decided 20 April 2026.
AllowedOpenSatish s/o Balasaheb Gaware (medical practitioner) v. State of Maharashtra and Dr. Amarjyoti Jayant Shinde (informant) - Criminal Application No.684 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad, 2026:BHC-AUG:17341-DB, Coram S.G. Chapalgaonkar J., decided 20 April 2026.
AllowedOpenCRM-M-49677-2025, High Court of Punjab & Haryana, decided 11.09.2025, Judge Surya Partap Singh. Bail granted to petitioner Vikram in FIR No.185 dated 26.07.2025, Police Station City Jhajjar, District Jhajjar — offences under BNS 2023 Sections 318(4), 319, 61, 238, 3(5);
AllowedOpenPunjab and Haryana High Court, CRM-A-2184-MA-2016 (O&M), Rajesh Bhardwaj J., decided 18.08.2025: State of Haryana's leave-to-appeal application under Section 378(3) Cr.P.C.
DisposedOpen
Show 4 more
Upendra Goswami Vs State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Deptt. Medical Health Family Welfare Govt. of U.P. Lko. and 4 Others
Outcome: AllowedAllahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Pankaj Bhatia, J.), WRIT-C No. 4371 of 2025, decided 17.7.2025 (Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:44621), Upendra Goswami v. State of U.P. Keywords: PCPNDT Act; section 20(3) — power to suspend only, not cancel, registration of genetic clinic/ultrasound centre;
AllowedOpenUpendra Goswami vs State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Deptt. Medical Health Family Welfare Govt. of U.P. Lko. and 4 Others
Outcome: AllowedAllahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Pankaj Bhatia, J.), WRIT-C No. 4371 of 2025, decided 17.7.2025 (Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:44621), Upendra Goswami v. State of U.P. Keywords: PCPNDT Act; section 20(3) — power to suspend only, not cancel, registration of genetic clinic/ultrasound centre;
AllowedOpenUpendra Goswami vs State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Deptt. Medical Health Family Welfare Govt. of U.P. Lko. and 4 Others
Outcome: AllowedAllahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Pankaj Bhatia, J.), WRIT-C No. 4371 of 2025, decided 17.7.2025 (Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:44621), Upendra Goswami v. State of U.P. Keywords: PCPNDT Act; section 20(3) — power to suspend only, not cancel, registration of genetic clinic/ultrasound centre;
AllowedOpenUpendra Goswami vs State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Deptt. Medical Health Family Welfare Govt. of U.P. Lko. and 4 Others
Outcome: AllowedAllahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Pankaj Bhatia, J.), WRIT-C No. 4371 of 2025, decided 17.7.2025 (Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:44621), Upendra Goswami v. State of U.P. Keywords: PCPNDT Act; section 20(3) — power to suspend only, not cancel, registration of genetic clinic/ultrasound centre;
AllowedOpen