LIVING WILL

Passive euthanasia for rabies patients: SC to hear plea after 2 weeks

NGO All Creatures Great and Small moved the apex court challenging a July 2019 order of the Delhi High Court, which refused to direct the Centre and other authorities to treat rabies as an exceptional disease and allow patients the option of "death with dignity".

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64-year-old cancer patient wants to skip surgery

Ever since he heard about the Supreme Court verdict on ‘living will’, 64-year-old Yajul Haq has been pleading with doctors to ‘let him go’.
In country of poor, why force costly life support, asks SC

What forced Justice A K Sikri, part of the five-judge bench led by CJI Dipak Misra, to dwell on economics while favouring passive euthanasia was the spiralling daily expense in hospitals to keep a terminally ill person on life support system, often spelling financial ruin for poor families.
Landmark ruling: Supreme Court says passive euthanasia is permissible

The ruling stems from a petition filed by an NGO 'Common Cause', who had approached the court seeking a direction for recognition of 'living will'.
Supreme Court's verdict on passive euthanasia today

The petitioner, NGO 'Common Cause', had approached the court seeking a direction for recognition of 'living will' and contended that when a medical expert said that a person afflicted with terminal disease had reached a point of no return, then she should be given the right to refuse being put on life support.
Right to refuse medical treatment: Govt to take call, says SC

The apex court declined to give any direction on the issue and said it was for the government to take a call, as it asked a group of four persons, including a Mumbai-based lawyer and three senior doctors to make a representation in this regard.