Telangana - The Legal Chamber

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...

The Supreme Court ruled that the term "State Forest Service" under the Indian Forest Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1966, refers to the service as a whole, not individual posts. The Court held that once a state service is approved, its substantively appointed gazetted officers, including Forest Range Officers, are eligible for consideration for promotion to the Indian Forest Service. Facts Of The Case: The appellant, P. Maruthi Prasada Rao, was appointed as a Forest Range Officer (FRO) in 2006. In 2021, he petitioned the authorities, arguing that FROs should be considered part of the "State Forest Service" and thus be eligible for promotion to the Indian Forest Service (IFoS) when sufficient numbers of senior officers like Deputy Conservators of Forests (DCFs) and Assistant Conserv...

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Supreme Court Orders Uniform National Policy for Organ Donation & Transplantation

Supreme Court’s Mixed Verdict for a Forest Officer :Right Declared, But Promotion Delayed