Hospital Must Immediately Lose Licence If Newborn Is Trafficked, Says SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday laid down strict guidelines for all states to prevent child trafficking and the offences arising out of it, warning that any laxity in implementing them could be treated as contempt of court.

- Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty @ New Delhi

A two-judge bench comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan ordered lower courts to complete trials in such cases within six months. It added that if any newborn infant is trafficked from any hospital, its licence should be suspended immediately over and above other actions in accordance with law.