Karnataka enacts SC order on right to die with dignity
1 month, 2 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 can be stopped for terminally ill patients. Making the announcement on Friday, state health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said in a post on X: “My Karnataka Health Department, @DHFWKA, passes a historic order to implement the Supreme Court’s directive for a patient’s Right to Die with dignity.” The department has also come out with an Advance Medical Directive, or a living will, in which a patient can record their wishes about their medical treatment in the future, he said. The order, signed by principal secretary to government, health and family welfare department, Harsh Gupta, on January 30 read: “In accordance with the order of the Supreme Court dated Jan 24, 2023, in Miscellaneous Application in Writ Petition of 2005, the District Health Officers of all districts in the state are required to nominate registered medical practitioners who can serve as members of the Secondary Medical Board to certify Withholding/Withdrawing of life-sustaining treatment where the patient is terminally ill with no hope of recovery or is in a persistent vegetative state and where the patient no longer benefits from the life-sustaining treatment.” Additionally, medical specialists authorised under The Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994, as amended in 2011, will be eligible to serve on the medical board. The Centre last year also issued draft guidelines laying out four conditions on passive euthanasia for taking a “considered decision in a patient’s best interests, to stop or discontinue ongoing life support in a terminally ill disease that is no longer likely to benefit the patient or is likely to harm in terms of causing suffering and loss of dignity”.

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The right to die with dignity | Need to balance care and choice
4 days, 13 hours 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
1 week, 5 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 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, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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 …

In Karnataka, proposal seeks to include ‘living will’ under digital health records of patients
1 month, 2 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, 2 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
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1 month, 2 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 …

Karnataka implements guidelines to allow terminally ill patients 'right to die with dignity'
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

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 …

In pursuit of death
5 months, 2 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, 1 month 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 …

Karnataka High Court Upholds Compulsory Retirement Of Civil Judge For Preparing Order Sheets Of Proceedings That Did Not Even Take Place
2 years, 8 months ago

Karnataka High Court Upholds Compulsory Retirement Of Civil Judge For Preparing Order Sheets Of Proceedings That Did Not Even Take Place

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a former Civil Judge, Junior Division questioning the order dated March 22, 2021 passed by the state government ordering compulsory retirement from service. In 2019, he was posted as Additional Civil Judge, JMFC, Virajpet and by a Notification dated June 22, 2019, he was placed in charge as Civil Judge …

Suit For Injunction In Respect Of Immovable Property Not Abated On Death Of Parties: Karnataka High Court
2 years, 10 months ago

Suit For Injunction In Respect Of Immovable Property Not Abated On Death Of Parties: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has said that in a suit relating to grant of injunction in respect of an immovable property, the right to sue is not personal to the plaintiff but survives to his legal representative and the suit for injunction would not therefore abate on the death of the parties. Referring to Section 2 of CPC, which is …

Suicide by Ailing Elderly Couple in Gujarat Reignites Debate on Euthanasia
3 years, 5 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 …

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 …

State Should Compensate Families Of COVID Patients Who Died Of Oxygen Shortage, Karnataka High Court
3 years, 10 months ago

State Should Compensate Families Of COVID Patients Who Died Of Oxygen Shortage, Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday put the state government to notice that on the next date it would consider the issue of granting compensation to the family members of the 24 people who died at a Covid hospital in Chamarajanagar due to shortage of supply of Oxygen. The committee headed by former Judge of the High Court A N …

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. …

The Good And Bad : Read 35 Important Supreme Court Judgments Of 2018
6 years, 2 months ago

The Good And Bad : Read 35 Important Supreme Court Judgments Of 2018

Live Law  

The Year 2018 is about to end soon and it is time for a flashback into important happenings in the legal universe.The year 2018 saw two CJIs- Former CJI Dipak Misra and the Current CJI Ranjan Gogoi. SC/ST RESERVATION IN PROMOTIONS No Need To Collect Quantifiable Data Of Backwardness To Give Reservation In Promotions For SC/STs- Nagraj Decision Clarified; Reference …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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: 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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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