New Delhi, July 15 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the validity of continuing with the two-child norm for contesting panchayat and other local body elections, observing that the policy, conceived to curb population growth, may have outlived its purpose in light of India's declining fertility rate. A bench of justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe, while hearing a challenge to the disqualification of a Maharashtra sarpanch for having a third child, indicated that it was willing to examine the larger rationale behind retaining such provisions in state laws and sought assistance of advocate Rukmini Bobde as an amicus curiae. "What kind of useless policy is this? Javed Vs State of Haryana needs reconsideration. The country has changed...