Supreme Court accepts surgical choice, rejects criminal charge against the surgeon
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July - 2026, Posted On: 01 July 2026
A child taken in for correction of an undescended testis emerged from surgery with the affected testicle removed. What followed was not just a complaint, but criminal prosecution against the operating surgeon.
The parents alleged that consent had been given only for orchidopexy, a procedure to reposition the testis, and not for orchidectomy, its removal. They further claimed that the consent form had later been altered to include the additional procedure.