The Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) has suspended registrations of six doctors for flouting guidelines of the Pre-Conception Pre-Natal Detection Techniques (PCPNDT) Act. Two other doctors have been sent notices to for violating the Act.

Of the six doctors, three are from Mumbai, and one each from Udgir, Solapur and Kolhapur districts. The doctors who have been sent notices are from Navi Mumbai and Solapur. An official from the MMC said, “Their registration has been suspended for 5 years.”