Right to trauma care of citizens integral part of right to life: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India has emphasized that the right to trauma care is a fundamental aspect of the right to life. It has mandated that all States and Union Territories implement a unified emergency helpline and establish a grievance redressal system within three months. The court's directives aim to enhance trauma care response and encourage good samaritans to assist accident victims without fear of legal repercussions.
- ▪The Supreme Court has ordered the establishment of a helpline number '112' for emergency responses within three months.
- ▪States and Union Territories are required to create a functional good samaritan grievance redressal system.
- ▪The court highlighted the importance of swift medical intervention for trauma patients to improve survival chances.
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Observing that right to trauma care of citizens is an integral part of right to life, the Supreme Court has asked all States and Union territories to operationalise within three months one helpline number ‘112’ for emergency responses and establish a functional good samaritan grievance redressal system.A Bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and A.S. Chandurkar also directed the States to furnish periodic compliance reports by organising monthly meetings and uploading the minutes on the concerned portals.The Bench passed the order on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) on a plea filed by the Savelife Foundation, which raised the need for trauma care to be recognised as a matter of right in the Indian public law system.The top court said when a person suffers an accident or any such similar incident which…
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