Chandigarh, Jan. 23 -- A Punjab couple who lost their only son to jaundice and married off their daughter in 2020 may now have a child with the help of assisted reproductive technology (ART) after the high court's intervention.

A 56-year-old male and a 47-year-old female had been approaching the authorities in Punjab for the same since 2024; however, were not being allowed due to various reasons.

"No restriction could be pointed out by the state counsel in any statute, which debars the petitioners from undergoing the ART treatment. All the grounds given in the impugned order passed by respondent No.2 are not tenable and are turned down," the bench of justice Suvir Sehgal said in its January 22 order quashing the decision of the state ap...