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Delhi HC allows 17-year-old boy to donate part of liver to ailing father

The Delhi High Court has permitted a 17-year-old boy to donate a part of his liver to his father, who is suffering from an advanced chronic liver disease, reported PTI.

Hearing the boy's petition, a vacation bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna said that while there was no "absolute statutory bar" on a minor donating a living organ, it could be permitted only in exceptional medical circumstances while rigorously complying with the legal framework.

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