Supreme Court Rules Age Limits in Surrogacy Act Not Applicable to Pre-2021 Cases

Oct 09, 2025 03:14 pm CST

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that age restrictions under the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act of 2021 cannot be applied retrospectively to couples who had already begun the surrogacy process before the law came into effect. The landmark judgment protects the reproductive rights of couples who had frozen embryos prior to the legislation, recognizing their parental autonomy established under the previous legal framework.