September 18, 2025

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Kerala Doctor Calls Brain Death a Fictitious Concept for Organ Trade; SC Suggests Moving to NMC

TheSupreme Courtrecently expressed its reservations about entertaining a plea by a doctor who challenged the validity of the definition of brain-dead in the Transplantation of Organs and Tissues Act (THOTA), 1994. After hearing the petitioner for some time, the Apex Court bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi adjourned the matter to decide if another pending case filed by the same petitioner has been disposed of. The petition before the top court bench was filed by a Kerala-based doctor, Dr S Ganapathy, who advanced a theory that 'brain death' was a fictitious concept, devised by doctors to facilitate organ trade, reports LiveLaw. For more details, check out the full story on the link mentioned below: Kerala Doctor Alleges Brain Death Enables Organ Trade, Supreme Court Involves NMC

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