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In France, since 1994, any surrogacy arrangement that is commercial or altruistic, is illegal or unlawful and is not sanctioned by the law (art 16-7 of the Code Civil). The French Court of Cassation already took this point of view in 1991.
This is a complicated question and the answer is yes and no. The reality is that surrogacy in India is approximately 5 years old. Reproductive tourism is a new field to India and the laws are immature and untested. By contrast the laws of surrogacy are 30 years old in California.