The Central Government has amended the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, to grant 180 days of maternity leave to women government employees opting for surrogacy. Additionally, "commissioning fathers" are entitled to 15 days of paternity leave.
The lawyer, who agreed that adoption should be encouraged, however, added that in the case of adoption, there is no biological connection of the child with the couple.
Delhi High Court on surrogacy in India: The plea said the couple requested for surrogacy with oocyte donation where embryos were to be transferred into the uterus of the surrogate mother. The embryos were to be created from donor oocytes and sperm of the husband.
Legal battle over certain provisions of Surrogacy Law reached Delhi High Court. The petitioners termed the provisions discriminatory which is a violation of articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.
Surrogacy is a method of reproduction whereby a woman agrees to get pregnated with a fertilised egg (ovum and sperm) and deliver a child for infertile couples. The 228th report of the Commission of India recommended prohibiting commercial surrogacy. To this end, the Bill was introduced.
The surrogacy bill that was introduced in Lok Sabha in 2016 was passed on Wednesaday.
A bill that bars commercial surrogacy and allows the process only by close relatives for "altruistic" reasons was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with Health Minister J P Nadda terming the proposed legislation historic.
Shreyas Talpade shared that he has always wanted a daughter so that he could buy her dolls and dresses.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to government on a PIL which sought ban on commercial surrogacy. The PIL filed by Jayashree Wad, an advocate on record in Supreme Court since 1976,
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