Man, kidney donor to appear in Court

Hyderabad, Feb. 21: The AP High Court on Thursday asked a man who had sought permission to receive a kidney from his friend, and the prospective donor to appear before the court on Monday. Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy was dealing with a petition filed by Mr V. Sivalingam of Bandapalli in Chittoor district who had sought permission to accept a kidney for transplant from his friend, Mr Chaitanya. When the judge enquired about the patient and his friend, the petitioner’s counsel said they were not present in the court. The Human Organs Transplantation Act restricts donation of organs from people who are not related. In such cases, prior approval of the authorisation committee has to be obtained: The committee had rejected his plea.