New Delhi: The Supreme Court on September 10 directed the Centre and state governments to strictly monitor the functioning of diagnostic centres so as not to allow them to indulge in illegal sex determination resulting in female foeticide.

A Bench comprising Justice M B Saha and Justice Ashok Bhan said the court's earlier orders for compulsory registration of all diagnostic centres across the country should also be strictly implemented to curb the practice of female foeticide.

PTI