Genital Mutilation
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Supreme Court refers PIL against female genital mutilation to five-judge constitution bench
India | Sep 24, 2018, 12:45 PM ISTFemale genital mutilation is performed "illegally upon girls" and is against the "UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights of which is India is a signatory", the plea said.
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Can't direct doctors to perform genital mutilation on small girls: SC
India | Jul 31, 2018, 11:23 PM ISTThe practice of female genital mutilation resulted in "serious violations of basic fundamental rights of the victims who in these cases are minors," the plea said.
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SC asks centre to respond to PIL seeking ban on female genital mutilation
India | May 09, 2017, 07:00 AM ISTThe Supreme Court on Monday asked centre to respond to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to ban female genital mutilation (FGM) or "Khatna" and declare it illegal and inhuman.
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India-born doctor, wife arrested in US genital mutilation probe
World | Apr 22, 2017, 08:47 AM ISTAn India-born doctor Fakhruddin Attar and his wife Farida Attar were arrested in US on Friday for allegedly helping another Indian-origin doctor perform genital mutilations on minor girls.
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Australian Gynaecologist Setenced to Jail For Genital Mutilation
World | Jul 01, 2011, 01:21 PM ISTSydney, Jul 1 : A former Australian gynecologist was sentenced on Friday to 3 1/2 years in prison for mutilating a patient's genitals, indecently assaulting two other patients and ignoring a ban on practicing obstetrics.Graeme