Overview
- The couple say independent DNA tests done in January showed neither twin matches either parent and they filed a complaint after the clinic failed to explain the mismatch.
- An FIR was registered on March 31 at Greater Kailash police station after a court order prompted police to act on the couple’s delayed complaint.
- A court ordered police to seize IVF documents and embryo log sheets on June 5 and the Delhi Appropriate Authority under the ART and Surrogacy Act held a hearing on June 12.
- The family says the fertility centre and delivery hospital have been unresponsive to repeated requests for CCTV footage, electronic logs, and laboratory records needed to establish chain of custody.
- The case has revived questions about enforcement of ART safeguards such as double-witnessing, barcoding and electronic logs and could prompt stronger oversight after past legal precedents fined clinics for proven mix-ups.