( 1 ) PETITIONER, Balbir Singh, 57 years old, suffering from Hepatitis-C related cirrhosis of liver end stage disease with portal hypertension, filed this writ petition. He assailed the rejection of request for donation of liver by his brother Baljit Singh for transplantation. Petitioner required transplantation of liver. His brother Baljit Singh offered to donate part of his liver for transplantation. The Authorization Committee- respondent No. 1 of the Indraprastha Apollo hospital-respondent No. 2 declined to permit transplantation, it did so since HLA typing Test conducted on the donee Baljit Singh failed to establish his near relationship with the petitioner. The Authorization Committee intimated the petitioner that if he still wanted to proceed with the transplantation, a detailed study of other family members hla typing was required.

( 2 ) THE petition came up before this Court on 21st January, 2004 when notice was issued to the respondents to show cause as to why rule nisi be not issued, returnable on 23rd January, 2004, with direction to the respondents to produce the record of the case through an expert Doctor to assist the court. On 23rd January, 2004, respondents 1 and

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