Authorisation Committee

DNA test not required for mother
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The High Court noted that since documentary evidence clearly established the mother-son relationship, the Authorisation Committee’s refusal was arbitrary and unsustainable, and therefore directed immediate permission for transplantation without delay.

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Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The apprehensions and reluctance of the hospitals here to entertain organ transplantation between non-relatives is more due to inadequate awareness of the law on the topic. All it now requires is proper legal education on the subject for the physicians and the hospitals, and this Court expects the Govt. to take the lead in the matter.”