Chief justice of the Bombay High Court DK Upadhyaya on September 22 said, “Unless we reach the goal of gender equality we will not be able to combat domestic violence.”
Justice Upadhyaya said, “When we talk about gender equality we have two important legislations, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence, 2005 and Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT), 1994. There is a legal prohibition of sex determination at the prenatal stage but this Act has not been utilised to its potential.”
