Germany has refused to grant visa to the twins of a German couple born through a surrogate Indian woman. It, however, maintained that it is willing to grant permission to the couple to adopt the children to pave the way for their passage to Germany.<br/><br/>Government on Monday informed the Supreme Court, that the visa plea was rejected on the ground that surrogacy is a punishable offence under German laws. Taking a humanitarian view on its part, Government said, it is agreeable to Germany's suggestion and is willing to offer temporary citizenship to the 11-month-old twins for facilitating the adoptions. <br/><br/>Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium told a Bench of Justices G S Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly that Germany is willing to grant permission to the German Couple, John Dalaz and his wife, for adopting the children through inter-country adoptions as provided by the Hague convention. The couple is seeking Indian citizenship for the children born in February 2008 through surrogate mother Martha Immanual Khristy on the plea that the twins otherwise would not be allowed entry into Germany. <br/><br/>The High Court had on November 11 directed the Centre to grant citizenship saying since the twins were born to a surrogate Indian mother they were entitled to this country's citizenship. The Centre moved an appeal in the apex court, saying the children cannot be treated as Indian citizens.