SUMMARY OF THE DELHI HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT
CASE:
On 01/09/11 in the court of New Delhi, petition was filed by Mrs. Sadhna Bhardwaj for issuance of a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for undergoing kidney transplant at Remedy Hospital, Kolkata. The petitioner aged 52 years, a resident of Delhi is stated to be suffering from End Stage Renal Disease was advised for kidney transplantation as soon as possible. She further claimed that one Smt. Kumkum Ganguly wife of Sri Narayan Ganguli R/o District Hooghly has agreed to donate her kidney to her.
Upon the representation of the petitioner against rejection ofher request not meeting with success, the present petition was filed through the son of the petitioner seeking a mandamus to the respondent to consider the application in accordance with law. On contention ofthe counsel for the petitioner that the medical condition of the petitioner is precarious, notice of the petition of a short date was issued and the counsels have been heard without the respondent filing a counter affidavit, the opposition of the respondent being purely legal.