The Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that short duration of marriage is no ground to deny organ transplant between a couple.
The high court bench of justice Raj Mohan Singh said that authorities could not show any such bar under the rules that a newly wedded wife cannot donate one of her kidneys to her ailing husband.
“The duration of marriage is not a ground to discard the willingness of one of the spouse, to donate kidney in favour of other spouse, particularly when the case of the petitioner has been verified on all legal parameters. Marriage has already been registered with the Marriage Registrar and a marriage certificate has been duly issued in favour of the couple,” the bench of justice Raj Mohan Singh observed.