Madras HC Directs Stanley Medical College to Perform Kidney Transplant for Minor Without Father's Const

The Madras High Court has directed Stanley Medical College to proceed with a minor’s kidney transplant without insisting on the consent of the estranged father.

Justice M. Dhandapani ruled that denying life-saving treatment due to a missing parent’s signature would violate the child’s fundamental right to life under Article 21.

The order came on a petition filed by the boy’s mother, as the father had abandoned the family years ago.

The Court directed the hospital to complete the renal transplant “forthwith,” ensuring the child’s survival is not held hostage to procedural formalities.

[A. Kasthuri v. The State of Tamil Nadu & Others]