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Right to 'leave with dignity': SC's maiden ruling allows passive euthanasi
Updated : 2 days, 9 hours ago IST
In a landmark first, the Supreme Court of India on Wednesday permitted passive euthanasia for a 31-year-old man from Ghaziabad who has been in a persistent vegetative state for over a decade, observing that continuing life-sustaining treatment would no longer be in the patient's best inte
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In landmark judgement, Supreme Court allows first ever passive euthanasia
Updated : 2 days, 20 hours ago IST
A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Vishwanathan reasoned that the as per various medical reports, further administration of CAN (Clinically Assisted Nutrition) will not be in the best interest of the patient.
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Delhi HC appoints wife as legal guardian of husband who is in vegetative s
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The Delhi High Court has appointed a wife as legal guardian of her husband, who is in a vegetative state and in a coma after a brain haemorrhage.
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SC seeks Centre reply on plea seeking to refer to medical board man's case
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The petition said that the man is in a miserable state due to diffuse axonal injury with a permanent vegetative state (PSV), which is also known as unresponsive wakefulness syndrome", Quadriplegia (100 percent disability) is a symptom of paralysis that affects all limbs and body of a person
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Delhi HC declines Constitution of medical board for euthanasia, says, "no
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court in a recent judgement declined a plea seeking direction for the constitution of a medical board to consider as to whether a man who is in a vegetative state can be allowed to undergo passive euthanasia (Mercy Killing).
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Delhi HC awards Rs 75 lakh compensation to youth who met with accident due
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has awarded Rs 75 lakh as compensation to a youth who is presently in a vegetative state after he met with an accident due to chained barricades placed by Delhi Police.
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French Court orders to end life support for man in vegetative state
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 29 (ANI): A top court here on late Friday ruled in favour of removing life support from a man who has been in a vegetative state since more than a decade.
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