Hyderabad’s baby bazaar: 50 seized couple files reveal dark secrets of surrogacy racket involving Dr Namratha and Srushti Fertility CentreThe Universal Srushti Fertility Centre child-trafficking and surrogacy case has been transferred to Hyderabad's Special Investigation Team....
13 Aug, 2025, 09.10 PM IST
Surrogacy abroad: Legal pathways and challenges for Indian couples seeking parenthood beyond bordersSurrogacy laws in India are restrictive. NRIs and OCIs seek surrogacy abroad. They face legal and ethical challenges. Parentage establishme...
14 Jul, 2025, 01.41 PM IST
Kerala HC allows 50-year-old woman to pursue surrogacy, overturning previous rulingThe Kerala High Court has permitted a 50-year-old woman to pursue surrogacy under the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, reversing a prior d...
15 Mar, 2025, 02.46 PM IST
Male govt teacher gets week-long holiday after granted maternity leave in Bihar; officals claim 'technical glitch'A government teacher in Bihar, despite being male, applied for and received maternity leave, then took a week-long holiday. Authorities exp...
24 Dec, 2024, 07.39 PM IST
Centre amends rules to allow 6 months maternity leave for staff in case of surrogacyWomen government employees can now take 180 days of maternity leave if they have children through surrogacy, according to amendments to the...
24 Jun, 2024, 11.49 AM IST
Surrogacy rules changed, couples with medical condition can use donor gametesThe Centre has amended the surrogacy rules 2022 to allow married couples with a medical condition to use a donor's egg or sperm. The Distri...
23 Feb, 2024, 01.27 PM IST
Surrogacy law: SC questioned purpose of previous rulesThe Supreme Court's intervention leads to a significant change in surrogacy rules, allowing married couples to use donor eggs or sperm if o...
23 Feb, 2024, 01.13 PM IST
Nobody wants India to become a womb renting industry: Delhi HC on surrogacyThe court made the observation while hearing a plea by an Indian origin couple living in Canada challenging the March 14 notification issue...
15 Dec, 2023, 09.01 PM IST
Delhi HC seeks Centre stand on plea against exclusion of infertile couples from surrogacyA bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad issued notice to the central government on the petition by a ...
09 May, 2023, 05.08 PM IST
New strict Surrogacy Bill on the anvil, clinics shut shopThe National ART Registry of India (NARI) maintained by the ISAR is the nodal agency tasked with recording surrogacy cases. But infertility...
16 Nov, 2019, 11.35 AM IST
Bill awaiting House nod will end Karan Johar-like rent-a-wombSurrogacy Bill of 2016 not only bans commercial surrogacy but also homosexual couples, people in live-in relationships and single individua...
06 Mar, 2017, 03.39 PM IST
No visa for foreigners planning surrogacy in IndiaThe home ministry has instructed Indian missions and FRROs not to grant visa to couples intending to visit India for surrogacy.
11 Nov, 2015, 04.01 AM IST
No visas to foreigners wanting to visit India for surrogacyGovernment today directed all its missions not to issue visas to those intending to visit India for commissioning surrogacy.
10 Nov, 2015, 10.25 PM IST
Don't put a ban on surrogacy for foreigners for convenience, act with reasonA sudden drastic move to disallow surrogacy for foreigners only creates confusion in the minds of those involved in the process.
08 Nov, 2015, 06.13 AM IST
Ban on surrogacy for foreigners: How govt's recent decision will push a booming industry into black marketThe speedy passing of the long-pending Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill might put to rest a lot of the questions surround...
08 Nov, 2015, 06.11 AM IST
Bombay HC stays government ban on surrogacy for foreign couplesThe court observed that in case of making a change in policy by the Government, prior notices to the parties should have been given.
07 Nov, 2015, 03.39 PM IST
No more tourist visa for commissioning surrogacy in IndiaHome Ministry said several instances of foreign nationals visiting India on tourist visa for commissioning surrogacy have been reported.
30 Oct, 2013, 02.56 PM IST