SC issues notice to Centre on plea to curb population

On a plea filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, the Apex Court has issued a notice to the centre to take adequate steps on population control.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the central government seeking certain directions on population control after hearing a petition filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay.

Upadhyay moved the apex court contending that "population explosion is more dangerous than bomb explosion".

The lawyer claimed that the plan for "healthy India, literate India, prosperous India and other such measures will not succeed if the population keeps on increasing.

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