Justice (Retired) Jha said: “Removal of uterus deprives a woman of the opportunity of being a mother and attaining complete womanhood. Right of procreation is a facet of right to life and therefore involves human right issues.”

The Centre has taken cognizance of the matter and ordered a probe. It said that apart from the probable administrative action, it was desirable to institute criminal cases against the persons prima facie found involved in the money transactions of the uterus removal cases.

The panel chairman said as the incidents appear to have taken place across the state, they should be investigated by a special investigation team so that all such cases are probed by the same set of investigators and tried at one place, preferably by a fast track court.

The Commission was also of the view that the victim should be paid compensation which may be realised from the persons concerned. It directed the principal secretary in the labour resource department, the agency responsible for implementation of RSBY, and the principal secretary in the health department to submit to it within three weeks a list of victims with necessary particulars of the surgery and the doctors and staff involved, besides a scheme for compensation to the victims and a course of action proposed to be taken.