India, March 20 -- The Delhi high court on Friday declined to entertain a petition filed by a 46-year-old woman seeking directions to the National ART and Surrogacy Board to approve the inter-clinic transfer of her 16 cryopreserved embryos and their subsequent implantation without her estranged husband's consent.

A bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav noted at the outset that the woman had earlier approached the Bombay high court with the same grievance but had withdrawn her plea in September 2025 to directly seek the National Board's consent.

The court observed that following the National Board's refusal on February 3, the woman ought to approach the Bombay HC, which would be the appropriate forum to consider both her plea and he...