New Delhi
The Supreme Court on Friday junked a plea seeking guidelines to control population explosion in the country.
In the plea, it was stated that a population explosion was more dangerous than a bomb explosion. Without implementing effective population control measures, healthy India, literate India, prosperous India campaigns would not succeed, the plea had stated.
Turning down the plea, a bench of Justices SK Kaul & MM Sundresh remarked that preparing policies was the government’s job. The bench further remarked that the country was reaching a stable point.
How do we get into enacting legislation? Ultimately you want a law on the 2 child norm. It’s ultimately for the leg to do, let them. We’ll examine it then. What will the Law Commission prepare to report on this? Population isn’t something which will stop on one fine day. We’re reaching a stabilizing point. What can courts do in this? It’s for the government to examine these issues. Is this an issue which we should entertain? the bench further added.
The petition sought directions to control population explosion under the provisions of the 24th recommendation given by the National Commission to review the working of the Constitution. Alternatively, the court also sought directions from the Law Commission of India to suggest ways to control the population and prepare a comprehensive report on it within three months.
The pleas had further sought for directing Centres and States to declare the First Sunday of every month as ‘Population Control Day in order to spread awareness on the population explosion and provide condoms vaccines contraceptive pills etc. to EWS and BPL parents.
