New Delhi, March 21 -- 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 (national 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Kumar Kaurav, at the outset, noted that the woman had earlier approached the Bombay HC raising the grievance but had withdrawn the petition in September 2025 to directly approach the National Board for its consent. The court observed that, following the National Board's refusal on February 3, the woman ought to approach the Bombay HC, which alone would be the appropriate forum to consider both her plea and the challenge to the Board's decision. "Earlier madam you filed a petition in Maharashtra (Bombay) HC. We understand that you are aggrieved by the decision passed by the national board but that does not mean that the Bombay HC cannot exercise jurisdiction. Bombay HC can also examine this," the bench said to woman's lawyer, Mohini Priya. In view of these observations, the petitioner chose to withdraw the present petition to approach the Bombay HC. Accordingly, the court dismissed the matter as withdrawn....