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Manipur trans activist s plea behind SC notice to Centre over discriminatory blood donation rules | Guwahati News

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Union health and family welfare department on a writ petition filed by Santa Khurai, prominent transgender activist from Manipur, against existing blood donation guidelines that prohibit blood donation by transgender individuals, gay men and female sex workers. The writ petition – the first of its kind – was filed by Khurai in February with the help of non-profit Centre for Law and Policy Research, Bengaluru. It challenges the constitutional validity of the Centre’s ‘Guidelines on Blood Donor Selection and Blood Donor Referral 2017’. These guidelines are framed by the Union health ministry’s National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) and National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC), both respondents in the petition.

Bar on transgenders, others from donating blood, Supreme Court seeks Centre s reply

Source: Highlights The plea was filed by Thangjam Santa Singh, a resident of Manipur, through advocate Anindita Pujari. The petitioner contended that these guidelines were violative of the fundamental rights under Articles 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution. The top court also declined to stay the guidelines of the Blood Donor Selection and Blood Donor Referral, 2017. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday (March 5) sought the Centre’s response on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the guidelines in the Blood Donor Selection and Blood Donor Referral, 2017, which prohibit transgender persons, gay men and female sex workers from donating blood, as they are considered a high-risk category as being HIV/AIDS infected.

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