The Delhi High Court permits a 17-year-old boy to donate a portion of his liver to his father, who has advanced chronic liver disease. The court’s decision is made with conditions focused on protecting the minor’s health and ensuring the procedure is carried out lawfully and ethically.
In its directions, the court asks the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), Vasant Kunj, to conduct the transplant in strict compliance with legal, ethical, and clinical protocols, with specific emphasis on the minor’s safety.
The proceedings also include government inputs: the Delhi government informs the court that the Lieutenant Governor (L-G) and the competent authority have granted approval for the proposed donation.
Together, the reports describe a court-authorized living-donor partial liver transplant involving a minor, contingent on ILBS following required regulatory and medical safeguards and completing the transplant only under appropriate oversight and protocols.
