Chandigarh, Dec. 20 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has held that under the assisted reproductive technology (ART) services, the treatment can't be denied to a couple even if one of them qualifies the upper age limit prescribed under Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021.

"Section 21 (g) of the Act makes it mandatory for the clinic to apply ART services to a woman only if she is above the age of 21 years and below 50, and to a man if he is above 21 and below 55. This sub-provision further reinforces that age restriction has been placed on individual gender. There is no age restriction for a couple," the bench of justice Suvir Sehgal observed while directing that the couple be permitted to avail ART services. ...