India, March 17 -- The Bombay High Court last week stepped in to protect 35 embryos preserved at an In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) clinic in Nashik, which was sealed after its director was arrested in connection with the human egg extraction racket that was busted in Badlapur recently.

A division bench of justices Ravindra Ghuge and Abhay Mantri asked the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) to de-seal the clinic every fourth day to replace the liquid nitrogen required to preserve the embryos commissioned by the clinic's patients.

The Malti IVF Centre in Nashik was sealed on March 4 after its director, Dr Amol Patil, was arrested last month in connection with the alleged illegal extraction and sale of human eggs from vulnerable women in Bad...