In a first, Supreme Court allows passive euthanasiaThe Supreme Court has made a pivotal ruling allowing passive euthanasia for Harish Rana, a 32-year-old man who has been in a permanent vege...
12 Mar, 2026, 12.15 AM IST
Harish Rana case: Why SC Justice Pardiwala quoted Shakespeare to let Ghaziabad engineering student ‘die’The Supreme Court has permitted passive euthanasia for Harish Rana, a Ghaziabad student in a vegetative state for over 13 years. Doctors ca...
11 Mar, 2026, 01.18 PM IST
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...
11 Mar, 2026, 01.09 PM IST
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...
11 Mar, 2026, 12.47 PM IST
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...
15 Jan, 2026, 04.45 PM IST
Primary responsibility of states: Govt on implementing passive euthanasia in healthcare systemThe government informed Parliament that states and Union territories hold the primary responsibility for implementing passive euthanasia an...
22 Jul, 2025, 07.26 PM IST
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...
08 Feb, 2025, 11.15 AM IST
Parents approach Supreme Court requesting euthanasia for 30-year-old son; Top court asks Centre to find an alternativeThe parents, Ashok Rana, 62, and Nirmala Devi, 55, have struggled financially to care for their son, who suffered severe head injuries and ...
21 Aug, 2024, 08.47 PM IST
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...
21 Jan, 2023, 12.01 AM IST
Will make guidelines on "living will" more workable, no review: Supreme CourtThe apex court's 2018 order on passive euthanasia wherein it recognised the right to die with dignity as a fundamental right and an aspect ...
18 Jan, 2023, 07.52 PM IST
Supreme Court verdict on euthanasia could be misused, says KCBCA five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra today said passive euthanasia and advance living will ar...
09 Mar, 2018, 06.26 PM IST
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...
09 Mar, 2018, 02.35 PM IST
SC judgment on passive euthanasia: Here's everything you need to knowThe ruling has significant moral, social and professional implications. Here's what that means.
09 Mar, 2018, 12.10 PM IST
After passive euthanasia, SC will now examine ‘living will'The SC had said such a request would be vetted by a board of medical experts and thereafter the HC would go through the report before grant...
11 Oct, 2017, 08.46 AM IST
Living will to die can be misused, not feasible: Government to Supreme CourtPassive euthanasia is a condition where there is withdrawal of medical treatment with the deliberate intention to hasten the death of a ter...
10 Oct, 2017, 10.05 PM IST
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...
16 May, 2016, 12.51 PM IST
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...
16 Feb, 2016, 05.19 AM IST