{"id":268292,"date":"2022-06-13T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T04:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=268292"},"modified":"2022-06-12T21:22:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T15:52:28","slug":"del-hc-right-to-organ-donation-is-personal-and-inalienable-spousal-consent-is-ultra-vires-the-provisions-of-transplantation-of-human-organs-and-tissues-act-1994","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/13\/del-hc-right-to-organ-donation-is-personal-and-inalienable-spousal-consent-is-ultra-vires-the-provisions-of-transplantation-of-human-organs-and-tissues-act-1994\/","title":{"rendered":"Del HC | Right to organ donation is personal and inalienable; Spousal consent is ultra vires the provisions of Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Delhi High Court<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Yashwant Verma, J. disposed of the petition with a direction to the respondent hospital to process the application and request as made by the petitioner in accordance with law.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Factual Background:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The facts of the case were that the petitioner wished to donate her kidney to her\u00a0 father, who required a transplant. However, the respondent hospital was seeking a no objection certificate from the petitioner\u2019s husband to process the same. The petitioner conveyed\u00a0 that the same would not be possible on account of sour relations between the couple.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Observations and decision:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yashwant Varma, J. of the Delhi High Court deliberated on the correct reading of <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rule 18 and 22<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/qb4G56A1\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Transplantation of the Human Organs and Tissues Rules, 2014<\/span><\/i><\/a> <b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and clarified that the rules did not contemplate nor mandated spousal consent. The only requirement was of her independent consent being confirmed by a person other than the beneficiary.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It was held that in absence of the statutory mandate that spelled out consent of the spouse for organ donation to be required under the act, the Court can not read same and thus the stand taken by the respondents was incorrect.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Court relied on <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Common Cause v. Union of India, <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/0YO436bj\">(2018) 5 SCC 1<\/a> for highlighting the importance of upholding right to life, bodily autonomy and privacy. The right of organ donation being a personal right could not be recognized as being subject to the consent of the spouse. A spouse does not hold supervening right to control a personal decision of the donor. However, the only caveat of free consent and an informed choice on the donor\u2019s behalf has to be ascertained. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The respondents were directed to consider the application of the petitioner afresh and\u00a0 the same could not be rejected on the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">only<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> ground of non-availability of the no objection certificate by the spouse.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">[<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Neha Devi v. Govt. 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