March 20, 2024: The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday issued a notice to Punjab Government regarding the law on babies born through In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) technology.

On March 17, Late Punjabi Singer Sidhu Moosewala’s mother Charan Kaur gave birth to a baby boy through IVF technology at the age of 58. The father Balkaur Singh said, “With the blessings of millions of souls who love Shubdeep, the Almighty has put Shubh's younger brother in our bag." The family is healthy and thankful to all the well-wishers for their immense love”.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare order is based on the section 21 of ART (Regulations) act, 2021. Under Section 21 of the ART (Regulations) Act, 2021, General duties of assisted reproductive technology clinics and banks.

The act states that clinics and banks shall perform the procedure to a woman above the age of twenty-one years and below the age of fifty years. Secondly, to a man above the age of twenty-one years and below the age of fifty-five years.

According to Section 27(2) of the ART (Regulations) Act, 2021: The banks shall obtain semen from males between twenty-one years of age and fifty-five years of age, both inclusive and obtain oocytes from females between twenty-three years of age and thirty-five years of age.

In a video posted on Facebook, Moosewala's father Balkaur Singh said, “The Government is now troubling me asking me to prove his legal status. I want to request the CM (Bhagwant Mann) that please let me get the treatment done with then I will come wherever the government calls me. I am an ex-Army man; I will never run away from the law. I have all the legal documents and I will prove it. However, if the state does not believe me they can file an FIR".