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2020 Delhi riots: Court rejects Umar Khalid's bail plea to care for ailing motherUmar Khalid bail: A Delhi court has turned down the interim bail application of activist Umar Khalid, who sought permission to partake in h...
Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia for 32-year-old man in coma for over 12 yearsThe Supreme Court has permitted passive euthanasia for Harish Rana, a 31-year-old man in a coma for over 12 years. His artificial life supp...
Harish Rana case: What is euthanasia, difference between passive and active euthanasia, is it legal in India?Harish Rana euthanasia case: Harish Rana, who has been in a vegetative state for nearly 13 years, has been allowed passive euthanasia by th...
SC reserves judgement on father's plea seeking passive euthanasia for son in coma for over 12 yearsThe Supreme Court has reserved its judgment on a plea seeking passive euthanasia for Harish Rana, who has been in a comatose state for over...
SC to hear PIL seeking right to passive euthanasia for rabies patients on MondayThe Supreme Court will hear a PIL on the right to passive euthanasia for rabies patients, filed by NGO All Creatures Great and Small. The N...
SC miffed over Centre not framing law for passive euthanasiaA Constitution bench of justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar verbally observed that the Centre...
Landmark ruling: Supreme Court says passive euthanasia is permissibleThe ruling stems from a petition filed by an NGO 'Common Cause', who had approached the court seeking a direction for recognition of 'livin...
Government ready with draft bill on passive euthanasia, asks for people's viewsThe bill provides protection to patients and doctors from any liability for withholding medical treatment stating palliative care can conti...
Supreme Court defers any ruling on passive euthanasiaPatwalia dubbed 'living will' as a facet of passive euthanasia and argued that the issue had complex ethical and moral dimensions which hav...
Supreme Court seeks Modi government's views on right to diePresenlty, doctors in India are not allowed under the Hippocratic Oath to switch off life support systems except in medical cases involving...
World's oldest comatose patient Aruna Shanbaug deadThe 66-year-old was battling a serious bout of pneumonia and was on ventilator support, King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital sources said.
Supreme Court issues notice to states, UTs on plea on passive euthanasiaThe Centre, however, strongly opposed the plea saying it cannot be legalised as it is a form of suicide which is an offence in the country.
Supreme Court refers issue of legalising Euthanasia to a five- judge Constitution benchThe SC has referred the issue of legalising euthanasia to a five- judge Constitution bench due to "inconsistent" opinion in previous verdic...
Government not in favour of euthanasiaGovernment today said it is not in favour of bringing a law on mercy killings.
Half-way to euthanasiaEuthanasia was illegal in India when Sanjay Leela Bhansali made Guzaarish with Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai in the lead. Active mercy k...
- Govt against mercy killing, AG tells SC
The Centre has rejected the Law Commission's recommendation to allow terminally ill patients to choose death to end their suffering, attorn...
- Euthanasia could be ruse for grabbing property: SC
Wondering whether euthanasia could be a ruse for grabbing properties, the Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a mercy killing plea ...