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Category SC Judgements

5 Dec

The Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court directs Centre to examine the lack of uniformity in rules on cadaveric organ transplants across states.

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31 Mar

The Supreme Court of India

The object of the statute is crystal clear that it intends to prevent commercial dealings in human organs. The Authorization Committee is, therefore, required to satisfy that the real purpose of the donor authorizing the removal of an organ is by reason of affection or attachment towards the recipient or for any other special reason. Such special reasons can by no stretch of imagination encompass commercial elements.

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17 Dec

The Supreme Court of India

The right to life guaranteed under Article 21 includes within its ambit the right to health and medical care.

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6 May

The Supreme Court of India

Failure on the part of the government hospital to provide timely medical treatment to a person in need of such treatment results in the violation of his right to life guaranteed under Article 21.

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28 Aug

The Supreme Court of India

Art. 21 of the Constitution casts the obligation on the state to preserve the life of the patient, whether he be an innocent person or a criminal liable to punishment under the laws of the society. It is the obligation of those who are in charge of the health of the community to preserve life so that the innocent may be protected and the guilty may be punished. Social laws do not contemplate death by negligence to be tantamount to legal punishment…. Every doctor whether at a government hospital or otherwise has the professional obligation to extend his services with due expertise for protecting life.

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22 Jun

The Supreme Court of India

The concept of domicile if used for a purpose other than its legitimate purpose may give rise to lethal radiations which may in the long run tend to break up the unity and integrity of the country. We would, therefore, strongly urge upon the State Governments to exercise this wrong use of the expression 'domicile' from the rules regulating admissions to their educational institutions, particularly medical colleges, and to desist from introducing and maintaining domiciliary requirements as a condition of eligibility for such admissions.

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20 Dec

The Supreme Court of India

The ‘right to life’ includes the right to lead a healthy life to enjoy all faculties of the human body in their prime conditions.

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28 Jan

The Supreme Court of India

The right to live is not merely a physical right but includes within it's ambit the right to live with human dignity. 

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