$~66 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 8128/2025 MRS NAVLEEN KAUR & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Prag Chawla, Ms. Radhika Thapar Bahl and Ms. Jaspreet Kaur, Advs. along with petitioner no.1 in person. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Saumya Tandon, CGSC, Mr. Gaurav Singh Sengar, Adv. for R-1, 2 and 3. Ms. Avni Singh, Panel Counsel and Mr. Gourav, Adv. for GNCTD/R-4. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA O R D E R % 30.05.2025 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking that the respondents be directed to expedite consideration of the request seeking exit visa for the petitioner’s children, i.e. Baby Barkat Kaur and Baby Bandagi Kaur, born through surrogacy. 2. It is submitted by the petitioners that the process of the birth of their daughters, through surrogacy, was after scrupulous compliance with the applicable regulations in this regard. It is submitted that the babies were born on 11.01.2025. Thereafter, the babies were issued Canadian passport by virtue of the petitioner no.2 (father of the babies) being a Canadian national. 3. As such, an application was filed seeking permission to take the children to Canada. The concerned application was filed before the Foreign This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/07/2025 at 19:43:36 Regional Registration Office (FRRO), Delhi. 4. Learned counsel for the respondents, who appears on advance notice submits that the relevant authority which is to consider the request of the petitioner, is the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. It is informed, on instructions that the petitioner’s application has been forwarded to the concerned authority and is under consideration. 5. Given the circumstances, the concerned authority is directed to process and take a decision on the said application expeditiously and in any event within a period of three weeks from today, under intimation to the petitioner. 6. The petition is disposed of, in above terms. SACHIN DATTA, J MAY 30, 2025/cl This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/07/2025 at 19:43:36