Urja Kaushik is a first-year LL.B. student at Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi. She has a tremendous interest in research and writing, especially on themes revolving around public policy, international relations, sustainable development, and important legal developments around the world, specifically related to international law. Having studied History at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi before law, she plans to combine the disciplines of History and law and write on legal themes from a historical, developmental angle in her future endeavors. She is also a fiction writer, and has a blog on WordPress titled, “Bliss of Solitude” (https://urjakaushikblogs.wordpress.com/)
On September 9, 2008 the Supreme Court of India disposed off a writ petition filed by Ms. Emiko Yamada, a Japanese national appealing for the custody of her grandchild born of commercial surrogacy, which the Rajasthan High Court had denied in order to prevent the social malaise that was the commercial surrogacy industry flourishing in […]