chennai actor nayanthara and her husband film producerdirector vignesh sivan who registered their marriage in 2016 and announced the arrival of twins in october have not violated the surrogacy laws the health department announced on wednesdayhowever the directorate of medical rural health services the appropriate authority has sent notices to a private hospital asking it why its licences for art assisted reproductive technology units should not be temporarily withdrawn for not maintaining medical records of the intending couple or that of the surrogate mother the hospital has been asked to explain why the art licence should not be cancelled for this violation a release said the name of the hospital has not been disclosed earlier this month health minister ma subramanian said the state had appointed a committee to inquire whether the couple who married publicly in june or the hospital that treated them had violated surrogacy rules and lawsthe threemember inquiry team found that the couple registered their marriage on march 11 2016 the documents were verified and found to be valid in 2020 the couple approached doctors with a request for surrogacy based on the recommendations from their family physician however the inquiry team could not meet the doctor at the given address or contact him through phone as he had moved abroadthe hospital harvested the oocytes and preserved the embryo as per icmr guidelines in november that year a contract was signed with a woman for surrogacy the woman was within the age prescribed by the centre was married and had one child while it is now mandatory as per the art act to have only relatives as surrogates the earlier guidelines permitted the couple to hire a woman for the service there was no violation in the protocol the release saidthe woman was looked after by the hospital during her maternity period she underwent a csection in the hospital and the twins were handed over to the couple on october 9 it said