"In my view, the instant case is of deceptive and unfair trade practices adopted by the opposite parties (OPs) who have forgotten professional ethics. The couple moved the commission claiming Rs 2 crore as compensation for negligence and deficiency in service which created several issues for them, including emotional stress, family discord and fear of genetically inherited diseases. However, as the blood group of the babies was not in consonance with the genetic transmission of possible blood groups from parents to the baby, a paternity test or DNA profile was conducted later which revealed the husband was not the biological father of the twins. The commission was hearing a complaint by the couple, according to which the wife gave birth to twins in June 2009 through an ART procedure. It said there was a need for their accreditation, besides making it mandatory for them to issue the DNA profile of the new born babies. The top consumer commission came down hard on ART clinics that have mushroomed in recent years and where "unethical practices" were "rampant".
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has imposed a Rs 1.5 crore fine on a private hospital in Delhi and the doctors concerned for a mix up which resulted in the sperm of a wrong person being used during an Assisted Reproductive Technique (ART) procedure performed on a couple.
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