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“Age bar under ART Act applies to individuals, not the couple as a unit”; Gujarat HC allows couple to avail IVF despite wife crossing prescribed age-limit

The Court held that so long as one spouse of a “commissioning couple” satisfies the age criteria prescribed under Section 21(g), Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, the couple cannot be denied access to Assisted Reproductive Technology services merely because the other spouse has exceeded the upper age-limit, following a consistent line of decisions of the Calcutta, Madhya Pradesh and other High Courts.

Search under Section 30(1) of PNDT Act 1994

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Chairman or any other Member acting alone, cannot authorise Search under Section 30(1) of PNDT Act: Supreme Court

Pointing out that if the law requires a particular thing to be done in a particular manner, the same shall be done in that manner only, the Court held that decision to authorise search must be a decision of the Appropriate Authority as a whole.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court upholds denial of admission where AIIMS declared a foreign national successful in exam, but PGIMER denied admission for lack of seats

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Narula, J. upheld the denial of admission by AIIMS and PGIMER as mere mentioning of eligibility criteria for

Case Briefs High Courts

Can Court take cognizance of complaint filed by single-member Appropriate Authority for offences under PC&PNDT Act, 1994? Del HC elaborates

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., held that, the Metropolitan Magistrate/ Judicial Magistrate of the first class is competent to take cognizance

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Union Government is the appropriate authority for remission in case of offences committed under Central Statutes

Supreme Court: In the matter where the Court was hearing the petition against the order of the Punjab & Haryana High Court