IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Manjit Kaur and another ... Petitioners Versus Union of India and others ... Respondents Judgment Judgment Judgment Whether only Whether the full Reserved on Pronounced on Uploaded on the operative judgment is part of the pronounced judgment is pronounced

07.11.2025 15.12.2025 15.12.2025 No Yes CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUVIR SEHGAL Present:- Mr. R.S.Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioners.

Ms. Shalini Attri, Senior Panel Counsel, UOI for respondent No.1.

Mr. Harinder Pal Singh Ishar, Addl. A.G., Punjab for respondents No.2 to 4.

Mr. Sahil Khunger, Advocate for the respondent No.5.

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SUVIR SEHGAL, J.

1. Petitioners have approached this court, inter alia, for issuance of a writ, in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondents to permit and provide assisted reproductive technology (ART) services, including In Vitro Fertilization (IVF treatment), to the petitioners for conception of a human embryo and its implantation in petitioner no.1.

2. Counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners were married in 2004 and have consulted various doctors in India and abroad, but petitioner no.1 has not been able to conceive. They approac