Couple Ordered To Undergo Triple Test For Seeking Child Through Surrogacy

The court did not consider their plea for quashing Sections 2(1)(zg) and 4(iii)(c)(I) of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act as a similar matter is pending before the Supreme Court.

The High Court of Karnataka has ordered a couple to undergo a triple test -- genetic, physical and economical -- for seeking permission to obtain a child through surrogacy.

Since the husband was 57 years old and above the age prescribed, and secondly the would-be surrogate mother was not genetically related to them, they were not eligible to have a child through surrogacy.

The court did not consider their plea for quashing Sections 2(1)(zg) and 4(iii)(c)(I) of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act as a similar matter is pending before the Supreme Court.

However, it directed the State Surrogacy Board to "consider the application and pass appropriate orders for issuance of eligibility certificate within four weeks."