Karnataka implements guidelines to allow terminally ill patients 'right to die with dignity'
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Karnataka implements guidelines to allow terminally ill patients 'right to die with dignity'

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government has issued orders to implement the Supreme Court’s directive regarding a patient’s Right to Die with dignity. In the orders issued on Thursday, the health department appointed medical experts to the Secondary Medical Board to decide when life-sustaining treatment can be stopped for terminally ill patients. This ruling specifically applies to patients who have been undergoing long-term treatment with no hope of improvement, or to those in a vegetative state, where medical treatment would only harm them rather than help them. The government has also introduced an Advanced Medical Directive, or living will, in which a patient can record their wishes regarding future medical treatment.

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'Dying with dignity' debate must balance care, choice
5 days, 22 hours ago

'Dying with dignity' debate must balance care, choice

India Today  

In recent years, there has been active debate on whether healthcare should be focused on saving lives or the quality of life. This debate has only gathered pace after the Supreme Court, in a historic verdict in 2018, allowed for ‘passive euthanasia’ while recognising the right of patients to make advance directives or ‘living wills’. The India Today Conclave brought …

The right to die with dignity | Need to balance care and choice
1 week, 2 days ago

The right to die with dignity | Need to balance care and choice

India Today  

I n recent years, there has been active debate on whether healthcare should be focused on saving lives or the quality of life. This debate has only gathered pace after the Supreme Court, in a historic verdict in 2018, allowed for ‘passive euthanasia’ while recognising the right of patients to make advance directives or ‘living wills’. The India Today Conclave …

Can India handle legal euthanasia? Experts highlight risks and challenges
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Can India handle legal euthanasia? Experts highlight risks and challenges

India Today  

The debate surrounding the right to die with dignity has gathered pace in India, with legal, ethical, and medical connotations being widely debated. At the India Today Conclave 2025, experts representing a wide range of backgrounds scoured into the nuances of passive and active euthanasia, living wills, and palliative care. Senior Counsel Nisha Bhambhani pointed to the legal ambiguities: "While …

Tirumala laddoo plot turns murkier: Inferior ghee, proxy firms, fake GST slips
1 month, 1 week ago

Tirumala laddoo plot turns murkier: Inferior ghee, proxy firms, fake GST slips

India Today  

Karnataka has become the first Indian state to issue orders to implement the Supreme Court’s directive of 2023 regarding a patient’s right to die with dignity. A dignified death is every person’s right: The absence of a Right to Die law can prolong unnecessary suffering for terminally ill patients, forcing them to endure severe pain and loss of dignity. Right …

How Karnataka's 'right to die with dignity' initiative is life-changing
1 month, 1 week ago

How Karnataka's 'right to die with dignity' initiative is life-changing

India Today  

Karnataka has become the first Indian state to issue orders to implement the Supreme Court’s directive of 2023 regarding a patient’s right to die with dignity. A dignified death is every person’s right: The absence of a Right to Die law can prolong unnecessary suffering for terminally ill patients, forcing them to endure severe pain and loss of dignity. Right …

85-yr-old woman nears approval to be Karnataka's first right-to-die beneficiary
1 month, 1 week ago

85-yr-old woman nears approval to be Karnataka's first right-to-die beneficiary

India Today  

An 85-year-old retired government school teacher, HB Karibasamma, is on the verge of making history as Karnataka’s first beneficiary of the ‘right to die with dignity’ policy. After decades of relentless advocacy, her wish is set to be fulfilled following the state government’s circular issued on January 30, granting terminally ill patients the right to end their suffering legally. She …

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 to implement Supreme Court’s directive for patient’s ‘right to die with dignity’. All you need to know
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka to implement Supreme Court’s directive for patient’s ‘right to die with dignity’. All you need to know

Live Mint  

Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday said that the state health department has issued a groundbreaking order to enforce the Supreme Court's ruling on a patient's right to die with dignity. “My Karnataka Health Department, @DHFWKA, passes a historic order to implement the Supreme Court's directive for a patients Right to Die with dignity,” he said. "We have …

Karnataka Implements 'Right-To-Die With Dignity' Policy: What Does It Mean?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka Implements 'Right-To-Die With Dignity' Policy: What Does It Mean?

ABP News  

The Karnataka Health Department has officially implemented the Supreme Court’s directive that allows terminally ill patients the right to die with dignity. “This will immensely benefit those who are terminally ill, have no hope of recovery, or are in a persistent vegetative state, where life-sustaining treatment is no longer benefits from life-sustaining treatment,” he said. This will immensely benefit those …

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 …

Health Department proposes to seek inclusion of ‘living will’ under digital health records of patients
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Health Department proposes to seek inclusion of ‘living will’ under digital health records of patients

The Hindu  

Citizens in Karnataka can now record their desired medical treatment in the future in an Advance Medical Directive or a ‘living will’. The State Health Department, which has come out with a circular on AMD, is now contemplating getting the ‘living will’ included under digital health records of patients. AMDs can also be maintained in the paper/digital health records of …

In Karnataka, proposal seeks to include ‘living will’ under digital health records of patients
1 month, 3 weeks ago

In Karnataka, proposal seeks to include ‘living will’ under digital health records of patients

The Hindu  

Citizens in Karnataka may soon be able to record their desired medical treatment in the future in an Advance Medical Directive or a ‘living will’. The State Health Department, which has come out with a circular on AMD, is now contemplating getting this ‘living will’ included under the digital health records of patients. AMDs can also be maintained in the …

Karnataka now allows dignified death for the terminally ill
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka now allows dignified death for the terminally ill

The Hindu  

In a historic move, the Karnataka Health Department, on January 30, 2025, issued an order to implement the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing terminally ill patients to die with dignity. “To enable a dignified death, the Supreme Court has held that life-sustaining treatment may be withheld or withdrawn where the patient is terminally ill with no hope of recovery or is …

In historic move, Karnataka allows dignified death for the terminally ill
Top News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

In historic move, Karnataka allows dignified death for the terminally ill

The Hindu  

In a historic move, the Karnataka Health Department, on January 30, 2025, issued an order to implement the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing terminally ill patients to die with dignity. “To enable a dignified death, the Supreme Court has held that life-sustaining treatment may be withheld or withdrawn where the patient is terminally ill with no hope of recovery or is …

In pursuit of death
5 months, 3 weeks ago

In pursuit of death

Times of India  

New guidelines aim to support the rights of terminally ill patients on life support The Situation Today | In India, more people than ever are getting access to life-saving treatments. The new guidelines from the government about stopping life support for terminally ill patients are meant to make it easier for them to exercise this right. Recent Court Cases | …

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 …

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 …

Right To Die : How To Make Directions On "Living Will" Workable? Supreme Court Constitution Bench Discusses
2 years, 2 months ago

Right To Die : How To Make Directions On "Living Will" Workable? Supreme Court Constitution Bench Discusses

Live Law  

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, commenced with the hearing of the Miscellaneous Application seeking modification of the guidelines for Living Will/Advance Medical Directive that was issued by way of its judgment recognizing 'passive euthanasia' in Common Cause v. Union of India And Anr. The problem that has arisen now is that the execution of the living …

Freedom To Die: A Look At Active Euthanasia's Position In The Indian Legal System
3 years, 6 months ago

Freedom To Die: A Look At Active Euthanasia's Position In The Indian Legal System

Live Law  

Active euthanasia or voluntary euthanasia, sometimes also known as aggressive euthanasia is the act of voluntarily administering substances by a physician with the patient's consent which is capable of ending the patient's life thereby putting an end to their suffering which has led them to the decision to die in the first place. Laws Of Other Countries Allowing Active Euthanasia …

Kerala High Court Permits Interstate Travel From Kerala To Karnataka For Emergency Situations
3 years, 7 months ago

Kerala High Court Permits Interstate Travel From Kerala To Karnataka For Emergency Situations

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday permitted interstate travel from Kerala to Karnataka for emergency situations like death in the family or medical treatment, irrespective of the mode of transportation preferred by the passengers, whether private vehicles or ambulances. The bench passed the order taking note of the fact that a circular issued by the Karnataka Government exempts certain categories …

'Dignity Of The Dead Must Be Respected': Karnataka HC Directs Govt, BBMP To Frame New Guidelines For Burial Of COVID-19 Patients
4 years, 7 months ago

'Dignity Of The Dead Must Be Respected': Karnataka HC Directs Govt, BBMP To Frame New Guidelines For Burial Of COVID-19 Patients

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to relook at the guidelines/protocol issued by them for disposing of dead bodies of persons tested positive for COVID-19. The court, referring to the BBMP protocol which says that BBMP officials will transfer the dead body to the crematorium or burial ground, the bench said …

Supreme Court urged to protect patients’ right to dignified death, burial
4 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court urged to protect patients’ right to dignified death, burial

The Hindu  

Former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar has written to the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of news reports on the undignified treatment and disposal of the bodies of COVID-19 patients, saying the acts amounted to a “grave infraction of the citizen’s right to die with dignity”. Mr. Kumar, a senior advocate of the Supreme Court, said the fundamental …

Kasaragod residents suffer as Karnataka closes access to Mangaluru hospitals; Kerala HC asks who will take responsibility if someone dies
4 years, 11 months ago

Kasaragod residents suffer as Karnataka closes access to Mangaluru hospitals; Kerala HC asks who will take responsibility if someone dies

Firstpost  

Kerala has accused neighbouring Karnataka to have sealed its borders with Kasaragod town, where a large number of people are under home quarantine amid coronavirus spread. Kerala has accused neighbouring Karnataka of sealing its borders with Kasaragod town, where a large number of people are under home quarantine, amid coronavirus spread. Karnataka’s Advocate General, on the other hand, told the …

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. …

Everyone has right to die with dignity: Chief Justice of India on euthanasia
6 years, 6 months ago

Everyone has right to die with dignity: Chief Justice of India on euthanasia

Deccan Chronicle  

Pune: Just a few days after the Supreme Court gave a landmark judgment by decriminalising homosexuality, Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra said that each individual has the right to life as well as the right to live with dignity, but cases involving conflicting interest have to be dealt with in a balanced manner. Delivering the Dr Patangrao Kadam Memorial …

‘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 …

If It Is My ‘Living Will’ to Die, Why Should the State Care?
7 years ago

If It Is My ‘Living Will’ to Die, Why Should the State Care?

The Quint  

The collapse of joint families and changing lifestyles has meant more and more old people are spending their last days in the clinical environment of a hospital, or a nursing home surrounded by strangers rather than loved ones. With dementia and mental illnesses like Alzheimer’s becoming as widespread, as cancer was a generation earlier, an advance decision allows a person …

Right to die with dignity' is part of right to life, says Supreme Court
7 years ago

Right to die with dignity' is part of right to life, says Supreme Court

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a landmark and progressive judgement, the Supreme Court on Friday held that ‘right to die with dignity’ is part of right to life, a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution, and allowed “living will” where, an ailing adult in his conscious mind, is permitted to refuse medical treatment or voluntarily decide not to take medical …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Centre Presents Draft Bill on Passive Euthanasia, Asks for Views
8 years, 10 months ago

Centre Presents Draft Bill on Passive Euthanasia, Asks for Views

The Quint  

After many years of debates and legal discussions, the union government has presented a draft Bill on passive euthanasia that gives patients the right to “withhold or withdraw medical treatment to herself or himself” and “allow nature to take its own course”, The Times of India reported. Reacting to this, award-winning author Pinki Virani has asked for the law to …

Pinki Virani asks for passive euthanasia law to be renamed The Aruna Act
8 years, 10 months ago

Pinki Virani asks for passive euthanasia law to be renamed The Aruna Act

Firstpost  

Responding to the Union Ministry’s call for public comments on the proposed passive euthanasia law, Pinki Virani has requested it be titled The Aruna Act Responding to the Union Ministry’s call for public comments on the proposed Parliamentary Passive Euthanasia Law, award-winning author Pinki Virani has written to the Union Health Ministry requesting that the law be titled “The Aruna …

Supreme Court to take up clutch of petitions on passive euthanasia
9 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court to take up clutch of petitions on passive euthanasia

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court is likely to take up on Monday a clutch of petitions seeking a direction to the government to legalise passive euthanasia in India. In an affidavit filed before the top court, the ministry of health and family affairs, said last week that it had initiated an exercise in 2014 to get public feedback on the Law Commission …

California passes law to let terminally ill patients end their lives
9 years, 5 months ago

California passes law to let terminally ill patients end their lives

The Independent  

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