{
  "id": 10562822,
  "title": "Bombay HC Seeks Replies On 50-Year Age Limit For Surrogacy Eligibility After 54-Yr-Old’s Plea",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/bombay-hc-seeks-replies-on-50-year-age-limit-for-surrogacy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T23:27:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/bombay-hc-seeks-replies-on-50-year-age-limit-for-surrogacy-eligibility-after-54-yr-olds-plea"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai, September 28, 2026 - The Bombay High Court has requested replies from the central and state governments concerning a case challenging a 50-year age cap for women seeking a surrogacy eligibility certificate. The petitioner, a 54-year-old woman from Nashik, faced rejection of her application based on the age restriction. The court's bench, led by Justice Bharati Dangre, will examine the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, and the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, in light of the petitioner's objection to the age limit. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Union government, the State Public Health Department, the State Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Board, and the authority under the Surrogacy Act have been given until October 12 to submit their written responses. The petitioner, already 54 years old, argued that the age limit of 50 was hindering her ability to obtain the eligibility certificate. The couple from Nashik filed the petition after the Nashik Municipal Corporation's competent authority denied the certificate on July 14, stating that they did not intend to use their own eggs and instead proposed using the husband's sperm and donor eggs. The petitioners claimed that they had undergone multiple rounds of IVF and embryo transfers without success, and thus, the woman's age should not be a reason to prevent her from having a child. The court has scheduled a final hearing for October 13 to consider the authorities' replies.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, September 28, 2026: The Bombay High Court on Monday sought replies from the Centre and Maharashtra authorities on a petition challenging the 50-year upper age limit for women seeking an eligibility certificate for surrogacy. The plea has been filed by a 54-year-old Nashik woman whose application was rejected on the ground that she had crossed the prescribed age. A bench headed by Justice…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}