Madras High Court permits IVF treatment for foreign national over 50

The Madras High Court has allowed a foreign national aged above 50 to undergo in vitro fertilisation treatment, The Hindu reports. Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy said Parliament had set the upper age limit under the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 by considering life expectancy in India rather than life expectancy elsewhere.

The supplied material does not identify the applicant, the country of nationality, the age involved or the circumstances of the case. It also does not state the exact terms of the court’s order or whether the decision addresses foreign nationals generally or only the individual before the court. No further submissions, government response or explanation of the treatment arrangements were provided.

The available information is limited to the court’s permission and the judge’s stated reasoning about the basis for the statutory age limit. The ruling, as described in the supplied report, concerns access to IVF for an overseas national above the age threshold referenced in the case.