The preacher had said in his speech that if a married couple have sexual intercourse on even-dates then they would be blessed with a male child and if they have intercourse on odd-dates, they would get a female child.
The High Court held that the speech delivered by Nivrutti Maharaj amounted to an advertisement for sex detection under the PCPNDT Act and, therefore, quashed a sessions court order that had earlier granted him relief.
Justice Kishore Sant quashed summons issued by the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Nanded to the directors of a manufacturing company in a criminal complaint.
A division bench of Justices Prasanna Varale and Kishore Sant was also informed that the UK Senate library has granted permission to the state to publish his thesis.