Mother’s claim to child should not be casually doubted: Madras HC on organ donation
While setting aside an order that denied permission for a Bangladeshi woman to donate a kidney to her minor son, the Madras High Court said that “a mother’s claim to her child should not be casually doubted”. The court directed the committee to immediately grant approval for the transplant. (File picture | Representative) In an order passed last week, Justice GR Swaminathan of the Madras High Court found fault with the approach adopted by the Tamil Nadu Authorisation Committee, which regulates living donor organ transplants to prevent commercial dealings. The committee had rejected a Bangladeshi family’s application for a kidney transplant after concluding that the marital relationship between the child’s parents had not been established. Justice Swaminathan said that one must keep in mind the special significance that is attached to the mother-child relationship, and that authorities should not casually disbelieve a woman’s claim that she is a child’s mother. Also Read: Chandigarh: 44-year-old brain-dead Haryana man saves five lives “Mother is assigned a sacred position in Bharatiya culture. When a person claims that she is …
