after an operation failed to “tie” his wife’s fallopian tubes, Chhagan Singh Rathod of Rajasthan says he will kill his youngest daughter, Shalini, age 3, since he “cannot afford to support” her.
Mr Rathod has filed a case against the doctors in the state’s High Court and wants compensation from the hospital, which denies wrongdoing.
He recently sent an e-mail to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, saying that if something was not done about his case soon he would kill Shalini – although he later withdrew the threat.
…The child in the middle of all the fuss, Shalini, is oblivious to the controversy surrounding her birth and continues to live happily in her own world.
Her father is still waiting to hear from the chief minister.
And I can’t believe that he threatened the courts with his daughter’s life. Unbelievable. I just studied a case similar to this in law school. The father had a botched vasectomy and had a child. He sued the doctor for breach of contract and wanted compensation in order to raise the child to adulthood. The court ruled against him, saying that he had other options if he didn’t want the child, such as adoption. They also held that procreation is the reason people marry. I think these ideas were okay for the 1950’s when this case went to court, but not today.
Clearly a case of poorly-conceived tubal litigation.