Previously, Rule 7, established under the Act concerning the ‘Consent of the Surrogate Mother and Agreement for Surrogacy,’ addressed the fertilization process involving donor oocytes with the husband’s sperm. However, the recent amendment to this rule has prompted several women to petition the Supreme Court seeking redress. Many of these women successfully obtained exemptions from […]
The Supreme Court of India has initiated a critical examination of a plea challenging the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, and the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022, for their exclusion of single, unmarried women from the option of surrogacy. The bench, comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, has issued a notice to the Central Government, seeking […]
The Kerala High Court has taken a significant step by admitting a plea that challenges the recent amendments to the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022. These amendments, particularly concerning the use of donor gametes in surrogacy, have sparked a legal debate on reproductive rights. Also read- Kerala High Court Denies Sentence Suspension For 12 In Madhu […]
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has granted an exception to a woman diagnosed with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) Syndrome, a medical condition that prevents her from producing eggs, allowing her to undergo surrogacy using a donor egg. This ruling temporarily suspends a recent amendment to the Surrogacy Rules introduced in March 2023, which had prohibited […]