What India’s surrogacy law says

With the recent comments by the Tamil Nadu health minister on actor Nayanthara and director Vignesh’s babies, what are the eligibility and criteria for couples seeking children via surrogacy in India? We explain.

The announcement by Tamil film director Vignesh and his wife, actor Nayanthara, that they had become parents to twin boys is building up into a controversy, with speculations that the couple opted for surrogacy.