Justice Sikri was speaking at a symposium — Reproductive Rights In Indian Courts: Celebrating Progress, Identifying Challenges And Discussing The Way Forward– organised by the Jindal Global University (JGU) here.
“Reproductive right, which of course is a human right, is based on the human dignity. When we talk of reproductive rights, it is mixed with another right of women, that is the sexual right. When we talk of reproductive rights in India, there again the choice is of the husband in the family or what the elders say…when there should be a child, whether that child should be male or female etc.,” he said.
He also dealt with the criminal practice of female foeticide and the role of men and families in it.
