India, Dec. 3 -- The Advisory Committee informed the Kerala High Court on November 26, 2025, that public appeals calling for organ donors were contrary to law.

The Advisory Committee had held a meeting on November 19, 2025, and arrived at certain decisions, the panel told a bench comprising Kerala High Court Chief Justice Nitin Madhukar Jamdar and Justice Syam Kumar V M.

The committee recommended that the publication of press releases by the Kerala State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (K-SOTTO), transplant centres, or individuals seeking altruistic organ donors should not be permitted. That is because it is contrary to the spirit of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, unethical and likely to create adverse rep...