Archive · 20 Nov 2025
India's Top Court Orders Uniform Organ Transplant Rules
India's Supreme Court told the central government to create a national policy for organ transplants.
This policy should make sure everyone has a fair chance to get an organ, no matter where they live or what their background is.
The court also asked states to follow the same rules for organ transplants and protect people who donate their organs while they are still alive.
Supreme Court directed Centre to frame national policy for organ donation and allocation
States urged to adopt 2011 amendments to Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994
Model allocation criteria to address gender and caste disparities in organ transplants
States without SOTOs directed to establish them under National Organ Transplant Programme
Court asked Centre to protect live donors from exploitation
- Who
- Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice BR Gavai, Justice K Vinod Chandran, Indian Society of Organ Transplantation
- What
- Issued directions to the Centre to frame a national policy for organ donation and allocation
- When
- Wednesday
- Where
- India
- Why
- To ensure a transparent, efficient, and fair system for organ donation and allocation
Supreme Court
States and Centre
Implementation of THOTA
Supreme Court
States should adopt 2011 amendments and rules
States and Centre
Some states have not adopted the amendments yet
- Act
- Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 (THOTA)
- Year of amendments
- 2011
- States without 2011 amendments
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Manipur
- Regions without SOTOs
- Manipur, Nagaland, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep
- Organ allocation disparities
- Gender and caste lines
