Mumbai, April 22 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday said allowing a 36-year-old divorced woman to go for surrogacy may have wider repercussions and wondered if it would ultimately lead to commercialization of surrogacy. A division bench of Justices GS Kulkarni and Advait Sethna said it has to also consider the rights of the child born and not just that of the woman. The court was hearing a petition filed by the woman, divorced with two children who are in the custody of their father, seeking to go for surrogacy.
The woman in her plea, filed through advocate Tejas Dande, said she cannot conceive as she had medically removed her uterus and does not intend to also remarry. Her application was rejected on the ground that she already has two ch...