Pune: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum on Friday dismissed the case of an NRI, who was told by doctors that the procedure of surrogacy that he paid for, could not proceed due to legal issues because of his residential status. He had sued the hospital and doctors for deficiency in service, as he claimed to have paid them over Rs 2.20 lakh and they had assured him the surrogacy could be done legally.

Amyn Amirali Batliwala, 40, who currently resides at Koregaon Park with his sister, had filed two separate cases against Dr. Sunita Tandulwadkar, head of the IVF department at Ruby Hall Clinic, junior doctor Kaushik and the clinic. One was in the consumer forum and the other is a private case of cheating and criminal breach of trust, filed by his lawyer Aashuutosh Srivastava in the district court.