New Delhi, May 28
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a PIL seeking directions to the Centre to implement measures to control the country’s rising population on the ground that it was the root cause behind the rise in crimes, pollution and dearth of resources and jobs.
The petition was mentioned before a Bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Brijesh Sethi, which allowed it to be listed for hearing on Wednesday.
The plea by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who is also a lawyer, has sought implementation of the recommendations for population control made by the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC) headed by Justice Venkatchaliah.
“The NCRWC, after making efforts for two years, had suggested addition of Article 47A in the Constitution and formulation of Population Control Law. “Till now the Constitution has been amended 125 times, hundreds of new laws have been enacted, but population control law, utterly required for the country, is not made, though it will curtail more than 50 per cent problems of India,” the petition said. It also sought an order from the court declaring that the Centre “may set a two-child norm as a criteria for government jobs, aid and subsidies. — PTI
from The Tribune http://bit.ly/2wn3rra
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