The Delhi High Court has allowed a Canada-based couple to participate virtually in surrogacy-related proceedings before the district medical board, holding that physical presence is not essential at this stage of scrutiny.

Justice Sachin Datta, in an order passed on November 10, observed that the statutory role of the district medical board under Section 4(iii)(a) of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, is largely centred on examining the couple’s medical records for issuing a Certificate of Medical Indication. For this purpose, the court said, virtual interaction is sufficient.

“The remit of the district medical board… is primarily to examine the relevant medical record to ascertain as to whether the petitioners are eligible for issuance of a ‘Certificate of Medical Indication’,” Justi

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