Kerala High Court Sets Aside Rejection of Kidney Transplant Between Family Friends

The Kerala High Court set aside orders of the State and District Level Authorisation Committees that had rejected a kidney transplant application involving two family friends: patient Musthafa N.P. and donor Smitha V.C.

Justice N Nagaresh ruled that the committees acted on “untenable grounds,” noting that the lack of documents like a marriage certificate does not prove commercial intent. 

The Court allowed the petitioners to submit new evidence and directed the District Committee to reconsider the application within six weeks.

The Court stressed the need to fairly assess altruistic donations even between non-relatives.