Passive euthanasia verdict: It will be the doctors’ call
7 years ago

Passive euthanasia verdict: It will be the doctors’ call

The Hindu  

Guidelines prescribed by the Supreme Court on Friday while upholding passive euthanasia and ‘Living Will’, place a huge burden on the treating physician and hospital. For one, the responsibility is on the treating doctor to ascertain the “genuineness and authenticity” of a Living Will of a terminally ill patient from the Judicial Magistrate in whose custody the document is kept. It is again up to to the doctor to ascertain that the relative or the guardian has understood the situation and come to the “firm view” that withdrawal of medical treatment is the “best choice.” The physician or the hospital concerned has to then constitute a Medical Board consisting of the head of the treating department and at least three experts from the fields of general medicine, cardiology, neurology, nephrology, psychiatry or oncology with experience in critical care and a standing of 20 years in the profession. In case it supports the Living Will, the doctor or the hospital has to “forthwith” inform the District Collector, who will also form a Medical Board with the Chief District Medical Officer as Chairman for endorsement of the decision. The court gives the treating doctor even a right to move the High Court, along with the dying person's relatives or guardian, in case the Medical Board revokes permission for passive euthanasia.

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What is Karnataka’s ‘historic’ order on ‘right to die with dignity’?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What is Karnataka’s ‘historic’ order on ‘right to die with dignity’?

Firstpost  

The Karnataka government has called for establishing medical boards in hospitals across the state to ensure the right to die with dignity for terminally ill patients, complying with the Supreme Court’s 2023 order. While ‘passive euthanasia’ is legal in India, the concept of living wills has yet to gain ground Karnataka's order will ensure the right to die with dignity …

Karnataka enacts SC order on right to die with dignity
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka enacts SC order on right to die with dignity

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka health department has issued orders to implement the Supreme Court’s 2023 directive regarding a patient’s right to die with dignity, becoming the first state to do so. Karnataka enacts SC order on right to die with dignity In orders issued on Thursday, the health department appointed medical experts to the secondary medical board to decide when life-sustaining treatment …

End-of-life decisions: On SC’s legal status to advance medical directives
2 years, 1 month ago

End-of-life decisions: On SC’s legal status to advance medical directives

The Hindu  

When the Supreme Court granted legal status to the concept of ‘advance medical directives’ in 2018 and allowed passive euthanasia, subject to stringent safeguards, it was seen as a vital recognition of both patient autonomy over end-of-life decisions and the right to a dignified death. The hospital should also form a secondary board, including a doctor nominated by the district’s …

SC eases norms for passive euthanasia
2 years, 2 months ago

SC eases norms for passive euthanasia

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday revamped the “cumbersome” procedure impeding the execution of passive euthanasia, laying down a definite timeline for medical experts, and cutting the red tape involved in the preparation of a living will by those who want withdrawal of treatment essential to life when they become terminally ill. SC eases norms for passive euthanasia A Constitution bench, …

Supreme Court Removes Condition of Magistrate's Approval in Living Will Process
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Removes Condition of Magistrate's Approval in Living Will Process

News 18  

In a bid to make the guidelines on “living will” more workable and less cumbersome, the Supreme Court on Tuesday removed the condition that mandated a magistrate’s approval for withdrawal or withholding of life support to a terminally ill person. The Supreme Court’s 2018 order on passive euthanasia wherein it recognised the right to die with dignity as a fundamental …

Passive Euthanasia : Supreme Court Agrees To Modify Conditions For Living Will/Advance Medical Directive; Orders To Be Passed
2 years, 2 months ago

Passive Euthanasia : Supreme Court Agrees To Modify Conditions For Living Will/Advance Medical Directive; Orders To Be Passed

Live Law  

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, agreed that modifications are required to be made to the guidelines for Living Will/Advance Medical Directive that was issued by its judgment recognising 'passive euthanasia' in Common Cause v. Union of India And Anr. Ravikumar was considering a Miscellaneous Application filed by Indian Council for Critical Care Medicine, seeking modification of …

Will make guidelines on "living will" more workable, no review: Supreme Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Will make guidelines on "living will" more workable, no review: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it will not review its 2018 judgement on passive euthanasia and only make the guidelines on "living will", an advance medical directive on end of life treatment, more workable. The Supreme Court's 2018 order on passive euthanasia wherein it recognised the right to die with dignity as a fundamental right and an aspect of …

Will Make Guidelines on 'Living Will' More Workable, No Review of Passive Euthanasia Judgement: SC
2 years, 2 months ago

Will Make Guidelines on 'Living Will' More Workable, No Review of Passive Euthanasia Judgement: SC

News 18  

The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it will not review its 2018 judgement on passive euthanasia and only make the guidelines on “living will”, an advance medical directive on end of life treatment, more workable. The apex court’s 2018 order on passive euthanasia wherein it recognised the right to die with dignity as a fundamental right and an aspect of …

Suicide by Ailing Elderly Couple in Gujarat Reignites Debate on Euthanasia
3 years, 6 months ago

Suicide by Ailing Elderly Couple in Gujarat Reignites Debate on Euthanasia

News 18  

An elderly couple living in Saraswati Housing Society in Satellite area of ​​Ahmedabad city ended their lives on Thursday by hanging themselves. A five-judge constitution bench headed by the-then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said passive euthanasia and advance living will are “permissible”. The SC had in 2011 recognised passive euthanasia in the Aruna Shanbaug case by which it …

Euthanasia allowed for dementia patients who gave prior consent: Supreme Court
4 years, 11 months ago

Euthanasia allowed for dementia patients who gave prior consent: Supreme Court

NL Times  

A doctor may administer euthanasia to a patient with advanced dementia, even if they no longer have the mental acuity to confirm a previous written request to do so, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in a case brought by the Public Prosecutor in order to get a clearer explanation of the euthanasia law. When a patient is suffering hopelessly …

Chandigarh couple draws up ‘living will’ to die with dignity
5 years, 3 months ago

Chandigarh couple draws up ‘living will’ to die with dignity

Hindustan Times  

Close to two years after the Supreme Court ruled that a person has the right to decide against artificial life support by creating a “living will”, a professor couple of Chandigarh has drawn one up to “die with dignity”. It took the couple nine months to draft their two-page “living will”, which complies with the SC judgment on passive euthanasia. …

Living Wills Have Been Recognized; But Are They Being Executed?
5 years, 6 months ago

Living Wills Have Been Recognized; But Are They Being Executed?

Live Law  

On 8th March, 2018, the Supreme Court rendered its historic decision legalizing, recognizing and providing constitutional sanctity to Advance Medical Directives or Living Wills. Illustratively, the Supreme Court laid down that a Living Will should be signed by the executor in the presence of two attesting witnesses and countersigned by the jurisdictional Judicial Magistrate First Class. Recently, a flock of …

First ever trial against euthanasia doctor starts in Den Haag
5 years, 7 months ago

First ever trial against euthanasia doctor starts in Den Haag

NL Times  

A doctor is standing trial in the court of The Hague on Monday for performing euthanasia on a patient with advanced dementia. While she was still lucid, the woman made a declaration that she did not want to end up in a nursing home and wanted euthanasia when she considered it was the "right time". In 2016 the Ministry of …

Father Pleads For Passive Euthanasia To His 9-Yr-Old Son: Madras HC Constitutes Committee To Nominate Expert Doctors [Read Order]
6 years, 7 months ago

Father Pleads For Passive Euthanasia To His 9-Yr-Old Son: Madras HC Constitutes Committee To Nominate Expert Doctors [Read Order]

Live Law  

T Paavendhan, a 9-year-old boy, is in persistent vegetative state since birth diagnosed with the condition of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy While considering a plea of a man seeking passive euthanasia to his son in the persistent vegetative state since birth, the Madras High Court has constituted a three-member committee of doctors to nominate three expert doctors according. T Paavendhan, a 9-year-old …

Father Pleads For Passive Euthanasia To His 9-Yr-Old Son: Madras HC Constitutes Committee To Nominate Expert Doctors [Read Order]
6 years, 7 months ago

Father Pleads For Passive Euthanasia To His 9-Yr-Old Son: Madras HC Constitutes Committee To Nominate Expert Doctors [Read Order]

Live Law  

T Paavendhan, a 9-year-old boy, is in persistent vegetative state since birth diagnosed with the condition of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy While considering a plea of a man seeking passive euthanasia to his son in the persistent vegetative state since birth, the Madras High Court has constituted a three-member committee of doctors to nominate three expert doctors according. T Paavendhan, a 9-year-old …

Living wills are often too old to sanction euthanasia: research
6 years, 7 months ago

Living wills are often too old to sanction euthanasia: research

Dutch News  

A large number of the euthanasia declarations signed by people in the Netherlands are useless because they have not been regularly updated, according to research by a Dutch family doctor. However, doctors cannot perform euthanasia on the basis of an old declaration, and fewer than half of people with a living will update it, Van Wijmen told Trouw on Wednesday. …

Living wills are often too old to sanction euthanasia: research
6 years, 7 months ago

Living wills are often too old to sanction euthanasia: research

Dutch News  

A large number of the euthanasia declarations signed by people in the Netherlands are useless because they have not been regularly updated, according to research by a Dutch family doctor. However, doctors cannot perform euthanasia on the basis of an old declaration, and fewer than half of people with a living will update it, Van Wijmen told Trouw on Wednesday. …

Living Will: In Compliance With SC Order, CMM (Central) Designated To See Its Execution Is Voluntary
6 years, 7 months ago

Living Will: In Compliance With SC Order, CMM (Central) Designated To See Its Execution Is Voluntary

Live Law  

In compliance with the Supreme Court’s order, which recognised “living will” or “advance directive” by terminally ill patients for passive euthanasia, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate has been designated as the magistrate to countersign the “advance directive”.An order issued by Delhi District and Sessions Judge Talwant Singh stated that the CMM. In compliance with the Supreme Court’s order, which recognised “living …

Living Will: In Compliance With SC Order, CMM (Central) Designated To See Its Execution Is Voluntary
6 years, 7 months ago

Living Will: In Compliance With SC Order, CMM (Central) Designated To See Its Execution Is Voluntary

Live Law  

In compliance with the Supreme Court’s order, which recognised “living will” or “advance directive” by terminally ill patients for passive euthanasia, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate has been designated as the magistrate to countersign the “advance directive”.An order issued by Delhi District and Sessions Judge Talwant Singh stated that the CMM. In compliance with the Supreme Court’s order, which recognised “living …

‘It is a person’s right’
6 years, 11 months ago

‘It is a person’s right’

The Hindu  

PINKI VIRANI’s crusade for a dignified death via passive euthanasia for Aruna Shanbaug, a nurse who had been raped and assaulted so brutally that she remained in persistent vegetative state for 42 years, has finally come to an end. The March 2018 judgment on legalising passive euthanasia, through advance directives and a living will, is considered a historic one. The …

SC in a landmark judgement legalises passive euthanasia, Catholic group condemns it
7 years ago

SC in a landmark judgement legalises passive euthanasia, Catholic group condemns it

Op India  

The Supreme Court in a landmark judgement on Friday legalised passive euthanasia and allowed ‘living will’. Passive euthanasia, on the other hand, is a process where medical treatment is withdrawn from a terminally ill patient to hasten his/her death. In this directive, the person in question can detail his/her choice regarding medical treatment in the event when he/she no longer …

Dignified death for the living
7 years ago

Dignified death for the living

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In a landmark judgment that will ease the minds of many, the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra legalised Passive Euthanasia on Friday. Anumeha Jha, senior research analyst for the NGO, said that in 2016, the government’s medical Bill addressed passive euthanasia as it was after Aruna Shanbaug’s case. Relatives of patients normally seek mercy …

Here Is What The 5 Judges Said While Recognizing Passive Euthanasia And Living Wills/ Advance Directives [Read Judgment]
7 years ago

Here Is What The 5 Judges Said While Recognizing Passive Euthanasia And Living Wills/ Advance Directives [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Friday recognized and gave sanction to passive Euthanasia and living will/advance directive.The judgment was delivered by a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice A.K. Recognizing passive euthanasia, it observed, "an adult human being having mental capacity to take an informed decision has right to refuse medical treatment including withdrawal …

Here Is What The 5 Judges Said While Recognizing Passive Euthanasia And Living Wills/ Advance Directives [Read Judgment]
7 years ago

Here Is What The 5 Judges Said While Recognizing Passive Euthanasia And Living Wills/ Advance Directives [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Friday recognized and gave sanction to passive Euthanasia and living will/advance directive.The judgment was delivered by a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice A.K. Recognizing passive euthanasia, it observed, "an adult human being having mental capacity to take an informed decision has right to refuse medical treatment including withdrawal …

Supreme Court Allows Passive Euthanasia: Landmark Ruling on End-of-Life Care
7 years ago

Supreme Court Allows Passive Euthanasia: Landmark Ruling on End-of-Life Care

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court has allowed passive euthanasia and execution of a living will of persons suffering from chronic terminal diseases and likely to go into a permanent vegetative state. The court's ruling upholds the right to die with dignity and lays down procedural guidelines governing the advance directive of a living will.

Passive euthanasia gets SC nod: Medical board would create hurdles, not smoothen path to peaceful demise
7 years ago

Passive euthanasia gets SC nod: Medical board would create hurdles, not smoothen path to peaceful demise

Firstpost  

For a country that swears by Mahatma Gandhi, it is sad that it has taken almost two decades for India to finally decide that both passive euthanasia and the living will are now legal. Just as a surgeon does not commit himsa when he wields his knife on his patient’s body for the latter’s benefit, similarly one may find it …

Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia: Bill protecting patients, doctors in such cases pending in Parliament
7 years ago

Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia: Bill protecting patients, doctors in such cases pending in Parliament

Firstpost  

The issue of passive euthanasia has a complex history and has been dealt with by numerous government bodies of the government. The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgment on Friday, held that passive euthanasia is legal and observed that the right to die with dignity is a fundamental one. The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, in response to …

Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia: How Aruna Shanbaug case changed right to die with dignity law
7 years ago

Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia: How Aruna Shanbaug case changed right to die with dignity law

Firstpost  

In a landmark judgement, Supreme Court recognised that a terminally-ill patient can write a ’living will’ that permits doctors to withdraw life support In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Friday recognised that a terminally ill patient can write a “living will” that permits doctors to withdraw life support, saying a person with no will to live shouldn’t suffer …

Passive euthanasia allowed: Read full text of Supreme Court judgment recognising right to die with dignity
7 years ago

Passive euthanasia allowed: Read full text of Supreme Court judgment recognising right to die with dignity

Firstpost  

Recognising the right to a dignified death, the Supreme Court on Friday passed a judgment allowing passive euthanasia. On Friday, the Supreme Court of India passed a landmark ruling legalising passive euthanasia by recognising the right to a dignified death. The Supreme Court also laid down guidelines on who would execute the will and how nod for passive euthanasia would …

Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia: Judgment termed 'historic' by many; some remain unsatisfied
7 years ago

Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia: Judgment termed 'historic' by many; some remain unsatisfied

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court legalised passive euthanasia ‘under guidelines’ on Friday. In a landmark ruling that is likely to have far-reaching impact, the court legalised passive euthanasia “under certain guidelines” and also recognised the validity of a living will. Doctors&kin can decide for unconscious ppl — Prashant Bhushan March 9, 2018 Speaking to CNN News18, human rights activist Pinky Virani, who …

Passive Euthanasia updates: Mumbai couple who wanted assisted suicide from President 'not satisfied' with SC verdict
7 years ago

Passive Euthanasia updates: Mumbai couple who wanted assisted suicide from President 'not satisfied' with SC verdict

Firstpost  

12:39 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Legalising passive euthanasia is not just about patient’s rights, it is an emotional and legal relief to the family The Supreme Court judgment on passive euthanasia is a big relief to family members of terminally-ill patients, emotionally, financially and legally. This is how passive euthanasia used to work on the ground: The hospital or treating …

Passive Euthanasia legalised by Supreme Court: What is living will and right to die with dignity?
7 years ago

Passive Euthanasia legalised by Supreme Court: What is living will and right to die with dignity?

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court on Friday recognised a person’e right to die with dignity while giving sanction to passive euthanasia and living will. The Supreme Court on Friday recognised a person’s right to die with dignity while giving sanction to passive euthanasia and living will. The Supreme Court said that it has laid down guidelines on who would execute the will …

SC Constitution Bench holds passive euthanasia, living wills permissible
7 years ago

SC Constitution Bench holds passive euthanasia, living wills permissible

The Hindu  

In a historic decision, the Supreme Court on Friday declared passive euthanasia and the right of persons, including the terminally ill, to give advance directives to refuse medical treatment permissible. A Constitution Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, in three concurring opinions, upheld that the fundamental right to life and dignity includes right to refuse treatment and …

How to have a decent death: Living wills versus a DND for dying with dignity
7 years ago

How to have a decent death: Living wills versus a DND for dying with dignity

Firstpost  

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on 27 October, 2017. But we recognise that every individual has a right to die with dignity.” This Constitution Bench — CJI Dipak Misra, A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan — is referring to the SC’s own landmark judgement-law on passive euthanasia in 2011 which places the right-of-choice …

Supreme Court approves passive euthanasia, upholds right to die with dignity
7 years ago

Supreme Court approves passive euthanasia, upholds right to die with dignity

Hindustan Times  

In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that in specific circumstances, a person has the right to decide against artificial life support by creating a living will. The Supreme Court also laid down guidelines on who would execute the will and how a nod for passive euthanasia would be granted by a medical board. A five-judge constitutional …

Supreme Court legalises passive euthanasia: Dignity in death is a facet of Right to Live, rules five-judge bench
7 years ago

Supreme Court legalises passive euthanasia: Dignity in death is a facet of Right to Live, rules five-judge bench

Firstpost  

In a landmark ruling, Supreme Court recognised the right to die with dignity and legalised passive euthanasia on Friday. A Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Kumar Misra, Justice AK Sikri, Justice AM Khanwilkar, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Ashok Bhushan, passed the verdict on the plea to allow “living will” that will authorise the withdrawal of all …

SC Allows Passive Euthanasia and Living Will, Issues Guidelines: A Landmark Judgment
7 years ago

SC Allows Passive Euthanasia and Living Will, Issues Guidelines: A Landmark Judgment

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India has declared that the right to die with dignity is a fundamental right. This means that the right to life and liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution encompasses within its sphere individual dignity. The court also held that passive euthanasia and a living will are legally valid. The court has issued detailed guidelines in …

Breaking : Right To Die With Dignity A Fundamental Right, SC Allows Passive Euthanasia And Living Will, Issues Guidelines [READ JUDGMENT]
7 years ago

Breaking : Right To Die With Dignity A Fundamental Right, SC Allows Passive Euthanasia And Living Will, Issues Guidelines [READ JUDGMENT]

Live Law  

Supreme Court of India has held that right to die with dignity is a fundamental right. The Bench also held that passive euthanasia and a living will also legally valid. When passive euthanasia as a situational palliative measure becomes applicable, the best interest of the patient shall override the State interest", said the CJI The Constitution Bench of Chief Justice …

Supreme Court allows 'living will' for passive euthanasia with guidelines, says human beings have right to die with dignity
7 years ago

Supreme Court allows 'living will' for passive euthanasia with guidelines, says human beings have right to die with dignity

India TV News  

In a historic decision, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed passive euthanasia with certain guidelines saying a person has the "right to die with dignity" and can make an advance "living will" authorising the withdrawal of life support system if in medical view he or she has reached an irreversible stage of terminal illness. The top court also said right …

SC Grapples With Relevance of Euthanasia In The Era Of Medical Progress, Reserves Judgment [Read Written Submission]
7 years, 5 months ago

SC Grapples With Relevance of Euthanasia In The Era Of Medical Progress, Reserves Judgment [Read Written Submission]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Constitution bench, on Wednesday, concluded its hearing on the Living Will and Euthanasia, by taking note of the submissions by the counsel, that medical science is a growing discipline, and therefore, the possibility of revival of a person, who is considered terminally ill, cannot be ruled out.The Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, who headed the bench, …

Mercy killing: Supreme Court reserves verdict on ‘living will’ in passive euthanasia cases
7 years, 5 months ago

Mercy killing: Supreme Court reserves verdict on ‘living will’ in passive euthanasia cases

India TV News  

Six years after sanctioning passive euthanasia – the act of withdrawing life support to a terminally-ill patient – a legitimate option, the Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on ‘Living Will’ in cases of passive euthanasia. A ‘living will’ is a document prepared by a person in a healthy state of mind specifying that if s/he slides into a …

What is living will? Supreme Court says 'complex concept', to decide whether people can demand passive euthanasia
7 years, 5 months ago

What is living will? Supreme Court says 'complex concept', to decide whether people can demand passive euthanasia

Firstpost  

The government expressed its opposition to the concept of living will as it told the Supreme Court that a living will could be misused. Arguing before a five-judge constitution bench of the apex court, Additional Solicitor General PS Narasimha said that that a draft bill based on the guidelines for passive euthanasia in the Aruna Shanbaug case and the recommendations …

Euthanasia debate: 'Living will' to die has potential for misuse, not viable as public policy, Centre tells SC
7 years, 5 months ago

Euthanasia debate: 'Living will' to die has potential for misuse, not viable as public policy, Centre tells SC

Firstpost  

The government opposed granting recognition to “living will” in cases of passive euthanasia, telling Supreme Court that it could be misused New Delhi: The government on Tuesday opposed granting recognition to “living will” in cases of passive euthanasia, telling the Supreme Court that it could be misused and may not be viable as a public policy. The Centre told a …

Centre tells Supreme Court: Law on passive euthanasia soon
7 years, 5 months ago

Centre tells Supreme Court: Law on passive euthanasia soon

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it would come out with a legislation to allow passive euthanasia to provide for ways and means to end one’s life if someone is in a vegetative state with no chance of bringing them back to life. Narasimha, appearing for the Centre, told this to a five-judge Constitution Bench, …

Passive euthanasia already a law: govt
7 years, 5 months ago

Passive euthanasia already a law: govt

The Hindu  

Passive euthanasia, the act of withdrawing life support to a terminally-ill patient, is already the law of the land, the government told a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court. The government pointed out that the Supreme Court itself, in 2011, had issued comprehensive guidelines allowing passive euthanasia in the tragic case of the bed-ridden former Mumbai nurse Aruna Shanbaug. The …

Doctors still unwilling to perform euthanasia on serious dementia patients
8 years, 2 months ago

Doctors still unwilling to perform euthanasia on serious dementia patients

Dutch News  

Doctors still do not dare to perform euthanasia on people with severe dementia who have made living wills expressing their wish to die, the Volkskrant said on Friday. A year ago, the justice and health ministries said the guidelines for performing euthanasia on people with severe dementia had been relaxed a little so that patients can be helped to die …

Doctors still unwilling to perform euthanasia on serious dementia patients
8 years, 2 months ago

Doctors still unwilling to perform euthanasia on serious dementia patients

Dutch News  

Doctors still do not dare to perform euthanasia on people with severe dementia who have made living wills expressing their wish to die, the Volkskrant said on Friday. A year ago, the justice and health ministries said the guidelines for performing euthanasia on people with severe dementia had been relaxed a little so that patients can be helped to die …

Legality of Euthanasia: South African SC Says Lawmakers Should Decide, Not Judges [Read Judgment]
8 years, 3 months ago

Legality of Euthanasia: South African SC Says Lawmakers Should Decide, Not Judges [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Issues engaging profound moral questions beyond the remit of judges to determine, the court saidStriking a different note from the Supreme Court, which had legalised passive euthanasia in Aruna Shanbaug case, the South African Supreme court has set aside a high court judgment that had observed that the common law crimes of murder and culpable homicide needed to be or …

Right to die? Here's what you need to know about the euthanasia debate
8 years, 10 months ago

Right to die? Here's what you need to know about the euthanasia debate

Firstpost  

The Union government has now come up with a draft bill on passive euthanasia and has invited comments on it from people till 19 June. Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju, while dealing with a case regarding passive euthanasia, had quoted an evocative line written by the Urdu post Mirza Ghalib—“Marte hain aarzoo mein marne ki/maut aati hai par nahi …

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