Wife, not father, has right over deceased man s sperm: Calcutta High Court
The petitioner contended that his son was a patient of thalassaemia, and had preserved his sperm at the Delhi hospital for use in the future.
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KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court has refused to entertain the plea of a man seeking the right to collect his dead son s frozen sperm, maintaining that the only other person, apart from the deceased, having any right to it is his wife.
Dismissing the plea on January 19, Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya said that the petitioner does not have any fundamental right to permission for collecting the preserved sperm of his son merely by dint of his father-son relationship with the deceased.
Wife, Not Father, Only Person Having Right Over Dead Man s Frozen Sperm: Calcutta High Court Wife, Not Father, Only Person Having Right Over Dead Man s Frozen Sperm: Calcutta High Court The sperm preserved at a hospital in Delhi belonged to the deceased and, since he was in a matrimonial relationship till death, the only other person, apart from him, having any right to it is his wife, the court said.
Updated: January 22, 2021 1:32 pm IST
High Court said a wife is the only person apart from her husband having right to his frozen sperm
Kolkata:
The Calcutta High Court has refused to entertain the plea of a man seeking the right to collect his dead son s frozen sperm, maintaining that the only other person, apart from the deceased, having any right to it is his wife.