WP 91 of 1992
Operation of blood banks

Summary :

Common Cause through this petition highlighted the serious deficiencies and shortcomings in the matter of collection, storage and supply of blood through the various blood centres operating in the country and prayed that an appropriate direction/s be issued for the Centre, States and Union Territories, to ensure that proper positive and concrete steps in a time-bound programme were immediately initiated for obviating the malpractices, malfunctioning and inadequacies of the blood banks all over the country and to place before this Court a specific programme of action aimed at overcoming the deficiencies in the operation of blood banks.

On January 4, 1996, keeping in view the report of the Committee that had been constituted by this Court under the case and the report of the Committee of Experts set up by the Indian Red Cross Society and the programme that was being implemented by the National Aids Control Organisation, as well as other submissions of the petitioner, the court urged Union Government as well as the Governments of the States and the Union Territories Administration to take suitable action, in accordance with the plan for immediate implementation as well as the plan for Long Term implementation suggested by the Committee constituted by this Court.