Shillong, Jan. 28 -- The Meghalaya High Court has instructed a Guwahati hospital to promptly form a medical board to evaluate a woman challenging India's assisted reproductive technology law's age restrictions.

Silbania Lyngdoh, the petitioner, has questioned the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, which bars women above 50 from undergoing fertility treatments. Lyngdoh, slightly over the age limit, seeks the procedure despite the legal constraint.

The court criticized the Institute of Human Reproduction, Guwahati, for delays in constituting the medical board, citing a lack of official documentation as their reason for non-compliance with the court's December 12, 2024, order.

"We do not appreciate this delay by the ...