While hearing the pleas challenging certain surrogacy laws, the Supreme Court today emphasized the need to safeguard the interests of surrogate mothers, even though commercial surrogacy is prohibited in India.

A bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh was hearing a batch of petitions pertaining to the Surrogacy Regulation Act and the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, when it observed that there is a need for a “system”, so that no woman is exploited.

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