ORDER :

“All love begins and ends with motherhood, by which a woman plays the God. Glorious it is as the gift of nature, being both sacrosanct and sacrificial, though; now again, science has for and sacrificial, though; now again, science has forced us to alter our perspective of motherhood”.- ROBERT BROWN.

Science or scientific development never ceases to surprise us; it always outmaneuvers us. We humans, therefore, should either change or become immaterial. Law is no exception. It is now the turn of law to appreciate, the variance in the concept of the divine duty, of motherhood metamorphosing, into split motherhood, albeit, in certain circumstances. The turn to appreciate this dichotomy forms the fulcrum of the issue in the lis and becomes the kernel of the conundrum.

2. Conglomeration of these cases raise a common challenge. The petitioners, in all these cases, seek to challenge the amendment brought about to the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022, in terms of the notification dated 14-03-2023 issued by the Union of India, with particular challenge to the amendment to clause