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Kerala High Court asks SIT probe into illegal surrogacy and egg donations through ART banks

Kerala High Court orders SIT probe into ‘illegal’ surrogacy, egg donation

December 09, 2025 11:55 am

Kerala High Court surrogacy probe, Surrogacy Regulation Act 2021: Justices Devan Ramachandran and M B Snehalatha were hearing a plea filed by an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) bank seeking the release of certain persons allegedly detained by the police and the district medical officer.

Several writ petitions have been filed before the Supreme Court by couples who find themselves stuck in the process due to a change in the law on surrogacy.

Before the Supreme Court, questions over the age cap in surrogacy law

August 01, 2025 11:59 am

The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 and the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, prescribe the legal framework for surrogacy.

SC to examine age bar in India's surrogacy laws

January 07, 2025 10:10 pm

The 2021 surrogacy laws set age limits for intended parents and surrogate mothers.

Union Health Minister J P Nadda, who heads the board for assisted reproductive technology and surrogacy, on Friday moved a resolution in the Lok Sabha to elect two women members of the House for the body.

Process begins to elect 2 women LS MPs to board for assisted reproductive technology and surrogacy

November 29, 2024 9:36 pm

The board is mandated to advise the central government on policy matters relating to assisted reproductive technology and surrogacy.

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Express View on Indians seeking surrogacy abroad: For love of a child

April 04, 2024 11:27 pm

Trend of wealthy Indians travelling abroad to have children through surrogacy points to problems in India's surrogacy law, which needs updating

‘India has huge potential for medical tourism if surrogacy norms are made flexible, accessible’: Dr. Patel

April 03, 2024 7:55 am

Speaking to The Indian Express on the sidelines of the promotion for Dukaan, a Hindi movie based on surrogacy, in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, Dr Patel said the country has huge potential for medical tourism if the regulations are made flexible and accessible.

Restricted by surrogacy laws, Indians are going abroad to become parents

April 02, 2024 6:49 pm

Single men, women, same sex and even straight couples are opting for commercial surrogacy in the US, Canada, East European and Latin American countries.

Law, motherhood and the single woman: Discrimination and surrogacy in India

February 19, 2024 10:05 am

Legal challenges faced by single women in India regarding surrogacy and bias in the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, courts, highlight need for legal reform to uphold reproductive rights

‘Surrogacy laws meant to curb commercialisation’, Centre to Delhi HC on plea challenging legislation

November 07, 2022 10:12 pm

The plea before the Delhi HC was moved by a single man and a married woman, who already has a child, claiming that surrogacy and ART laws excluded them from the benefit of surrogacy as a "reproductive choice".

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Surrogacy and stigma: Experts call for normalising the process and respecting choices

January 31, 2022 3:26 pm

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas were criticised by a section of the society for starting a family in an 'unconventional' manner. With many people -- celebs and non-celebs alike -- choosing surrogacy, why does it continue to be stigmatised around the world?