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The Court said that the government notification does not disclose any rational justification for discriminating between citizens based on their ability to produce gametes.

The need of the hour is to bring about a legal framework that regulates commercial surrogacy in India and reasonably protects the rights of all stakeholders involved in the process.

The High Court cited its 2023 judgment that permitted a couple beyond the maximum age limit prescribed under the Surrogacy Act to undergo surrogacy.

Hence, it granted visitation rights to the mother of two children while ruling that her younger sister, who was the egg doner, cannot claim to be the biological mother.

The exclusion of queer and transgender persons from availing surrogacy amounts to discrimination on the ground of gender identity and sexual orientation, a transwoman and activist has argued before th ...

The Surrogacy Act excludes couples facing secondary infertility from availing the benefits of surrogacy.

The Court reasoned that the legal rights of the petitioners to achieve parenthood through surrogacy would be prejudice if their relief is rejected.

The Court orally observed that the age limit has been prescribed based on scientific advice and that it was not inclined to sit in judgment over it.

The top court issued notice in a plea challenging the constitutionality of Section 2(1)(s) of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, which excludes unmarried women from becoming surrogate mothers.

Acting Chief Justice Manmohan said that changes in the surrogacy law have been brought at the instance of courts.

The petition has been filed by Supreme Court lawyer Neeha Nagpal who stated that women should be allowed to have a child without being married.

The plea was moved by a married couple who faced infertility issues, making it difficult for them to go through with surrogacy without the use of donor gametes (reproductive cells).