Supreme Court to Examine Alleged Child Swapping Case

The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a couple's plea alleging 'child swapping' at a private hospital in Chhattisgarh, marking the case for further scrutiny.

A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Ujjal Bhuyan issued a notice to the Chhattisgarh government and others, including the hospital's director in Raipur, on September 1, soliciting their responses.

The case challenges a previous decision by the Chhattisgarh High Court against directing an FIR and further investigations despite DNA tests linking the parents to only one child. The hospital denies wrongdoing, with a committee of doctors supporting this claim.

(With inputs from agencies.)