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Knowledge Nugget: Euthanasia and Living Will — What UPSC aspirants must know

December 20, 2025 6:50 pm

UPSC current affairs: The Supreme Court said it would decide on Harish Rana’s father’s plea seeking permission for passive euthanasia after meeting the family. What is euthanasia, and how have the Court’s guidelines on passive and active euthanasia evolved in India?

This is the second time in as many years that Harish Rana's parents have approached the Supreme Court seeking passive euthanasia for him.

As SC takes up Harish Rana case again, a look at the law on passive euthanasia

December 12, 2025 2:54 pm

In 2018, a five-judge constitution bench of the SC recognised passive euthanasia and laid down conditions and safeguards regarding the execution of such a living will. In January 2023, the court modified the order to make it less stringent.

Knowledge Nugget of the day: Euthanasia

November 05, 2024 11:56 am

The recent draft issued by the Union Health Ministry has closed the regulatory gap on passive euthanasia — Here’s all that you must know about Euthanasia and Living will.

Experts Explain: The right to die with dignity — SC rulings and what the law says in India

October 26, 2024 1:35 pm

What are the laws on withholding and withdrawing life support in terminally ill patients? Does this mean giving up on the patient, and are doctors expected to decide whether someone lives or dies?

Explained: The law and the ground realities of passive euthanasia in India

September 08, 2024 1:13 pm

In 2011, the Supreme Court for the first time recognised the legality of passive euthanasia in the case of Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug v Union of India.

Keeping their child alive: As SC turns down family’s euthanasia plea, how the law has changed everyone’s life

September 09, 2024 1:42 pm

For 11 years, Harish Rana has been lying still on a bed — the only sign of life an occasional cough. With the Supreme Court turning down the family’s plea for passive euthanasia for Harish, Vidheesha Kuntamalla visits their home to find how the law around death has changed everyone’s life

How to ensure dignity for the terminally-ill

August 23, 2024 2:02 pm

It is high time there is legal clarity on the difference between euthanasia and the withdrawal of futile life-sustaining interventions

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January 27, 2023 6:25 am

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What is a living will, and the new Supreme Court order for simplifying passive euthanasia procedure?

January 27, 2023 6:50 am

SC has relaxed the guidelines for ‘advance medical directive’ that it issued in its 2018 judgment by which it had legalised passive euthanasia under certain circumstances. There is a long legal history to the matter.

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Chandigarh: Retired prof couple execute living will, say ‘want to die with dignity’

December 21, 2019 7:08 am

Asked if he was suffering from any illness, Jauhar said, "I am fighting fit and an active academic person, but I am doing it as my right to die with dignity. It is a collective decision. Accordingly, we came here and recorded our submission in the court today. "