Madras High Court aids Bangladeshi boy in receiving kidney donation from his mother
The Madras High Court has allowed a Bangladeshi boy to receive a kidney donation from his mother in Chennai. The court criticized the local organ transplant committee for unjustly questioning the relationship between the mother and her husband. Justice G.R. Swaminathan emphasized the importance of accepting documentary evidence of motherhood without unnecessary doubts.
- ▪The Madras High Court permitted a minor boy from Bangladesh to undergo kidney transplantation in Chennai.
- ▪Justice G.R. Swaminathan criticized the organ transplant committee for rejecting the mother's donation based on irrelevant doubts.
- ▪The court highlighted the need to accept documentary evidence of motherhood without raising unjustified questions.
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The Madras High Court has come to the aid of a minor boy from Bangladesh by permitting him to undergo renal transplantation in Chennai with the kidney to be donated by his mother. The court criticised the human organ transplant authorisation committee in Chennai for not having granted the permission after raising doubts over the relationship between the child’s mother and her husband.Justice G.R. Swaminathan set aside the rejection order passed by the authorisation committee on April 2, 2026, and held that it “suffers from misdirection in law and utter non-application of mind.” The judge directed the committee to forthwith permit A. Monika Rani Saha to donate one of her kidneys to her son A. Atonu Saha and allow the surgery to take place at Apollo Hospitals in Chennai.
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