Things have come to such a pass that in some villages, of Rajasthan, no marriages have taken place for years because there are no girls and the boys are married by buying girls from far away villages of other states for paltry sums. we attempt in this book is to trace A socio legal aspect of female foeticide and its challenges with special reference to Rajasthan state out of enormous cases decided by various high courts and the supreme court, priority has been given to decisions of the supreme court on topics of importance .