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Laws penalizing those having 2+ children have become irrelevant: SC

Laws penalizing those having 2+ children have become irrelevant: SC

NewsBytes 15 hrs ago
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that laws penalizing families for having more than two children have become outdated, noting that fears of overpopulation are no longer valid as India's fertility rate has dropped from 3 to 1.9 in the past few decades.
The court made the remarks while hearing a plea by former Maharashtra sarpanch Mangala Bhimrao Ingle, who was disqualified for having a third child.
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