NEW DELHI: Supreme Court docket on Thursday dominated that the age restrictions underneath the surrogacy legislation don’t apply to {couples} who started the surrogacy course of, similar to freezing embryos, earlier than the legislation got here into drive. The courtroom allowed pleas from three {couples} to go forward with surrogacy regardless of the age limits.The bench questioned the reasoning of the federal government in imposing age restrictions on {couples} desiring to pursue surrogacy. “When there isn’t a age limitation to procreate then why ought to there be age limitation on surrogacy,” the courtroom requested, whereas refraining from analyzing the general validity of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act and the Assisted Reproductive Know-how (Regulation) Act, 2021.Below the present legislation, an intending mom should be between 23 and 50 years previous and the daddy between 26 and 55 years. A surrogate mom should be married, aged 25 to 35, have a organic little one, and act as a surrogate solely as soon as. The legislation permits single girls who’re widowed or divorced, between 35 and 45, to pursue surrogacy.The courtroom’s choice gives aid to {couples} who had frozen embryos earlier than the legislation’s enforcement, permitting them to proceed their surrogacy journey with out authorized hurdles associated to age.