Notice to Shahrukh Khan in pre-natal sex test case

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has issued notices to actor Shahrukh Khan and his wife Gauri on a petition filed by a social activist, challenging a magistrate’s order refusing her application for documents pertaining to the couple’s child born through surrogacy.
Varsha Deshpande has filed a complaint in the magistrate’s court seeking action against Shahrukh, Gauri and city-based Jaslok Hospital under the Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act (PCPNDT).She has alleged that the Khans had conducted a sex determination test before their third child, AbRam, was born through surrogacy.
Deshpande has sought documents pertaining to the surrogacy process and documents collected by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in its inquiry into the matter. The BMC had initiated an inquiry following Deshpande’s allegations and had given a clean chit to the Khans, saying no offence had been committed under the PCPNDT Act.