India, Oct. 1 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday allowed the woman seeking transfer of 16 frozen embryos she had with her estranged husband to another clinic, to withdraw her petition before the court and approach the National Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and Surrogacy Board in New Delhi.

On Monday, the 46-year-old woman's counsel Jamshed Mistry had told the court that she wished to withdraw her petition and pursue the matter before the National ART Board. A division bench of justices R I Chagla and Farhan Dubash on Tuesday granted the woman the liberty to approach the board.

In 2022, a couple from south Mumbai who were married the previous year decided to freeze embryos grown from the man's sperm and the woman's eggs. But in...