Supreme Court Orders Uniform National Policy for Organ Donation & Transplantation
The Supreme Court, exercising its jurisdiction under Article 32, issued comprehensive directions to ensure uniformity in India's organ transplantation framework. It mandated the adoption of the 2011 Amendment and 2014 Rules by all States, and directed the formulation of a uniform national policy for allocation, swap transplantation, and live donor welfare to prevent discrimination and commercialization.
Facts Of The Case:
The Writ Petition was filed by the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation, highlighting systemic deficiencies in India's organ donation and transplantation ecosystem. The petitioner argued that the lack of uniform adoption of the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011, and the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules, 2014, by certai...