The top court issued notice in a plea challenging the constitutionality of Section 2(1)(s) of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, which excludes unmarried women from becoming surrogate mothers.
War stricken women from poor backgrounds with their men fighting on the front lines are being lured by the surrogate baby industry, a booming business in Ukraine.
“Later as our sleuths went deep into the integration they identified the major racket behind it. Once any couple unable to bear a child in a normal process contacted the IVF center, its staff used to contact Mamata Patra, who promised the couple a child after a reasonable period of time. Child Trafficking Racket Busted in West Bengal: Kolkata Police Busts Illegal Child Selling Racket Involving Around 100 Surrogate Mothers.