Indore, Indore: The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday allowed a 17-year-old girl to donate a part of her liver to her ailing father suffering from serious liver disease to undergo transplant surgery.

Shivnarayan Batham, 42, a farmer from rural Indore, had filed a petition in the High Court saying that his daughter Preeti was ready to donate a part of her liver to him and she should be allowed to undergo the transplant procedure.

During the hearing of the petition before Justice Vishal Mishra, the government counsel had said that the medical board constituted by the state examined the minor's health and found that she could donate a part of her liver to her ailing father.

The court accepted Batham's petition in the light of the medical board's report.

The single bench also directed that the liver transplant be completed as soon as possible while taking all precautions.

Batham's lawyer Nilesh Manore said that his client was admitted to a private hospital in the city after suffering from serious liver disease for the last six years.

Manore said that his client has five daughters and his eldest daughter Preeti has expressed her desire to donate a part of her liver to him. Preeti will turn 18 on July 31.

“Batham's father is 80 years old while his wife is a diabetic patient. So his daughter came forward to donate a part of his liver so that he could save her ailing father's life," Manor said.

"I'm proud of my daughter," Batham said.