-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In a milestone verdict expanding the Right to life to incorporate the right to die with dignity, the Supreme Court on Friday legalised passive euthanasia and approved 'living will' to provide terminally ill patients or those in persistent and incurable vegetative state (PVS) a dignified exit by refusing medical treatment or life support. The verdict, the latest in a string of boosts for individual freedoms by...
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How the milestone was reached: From Common Cause PIL to case of nurse Aruna Shanbaug
-The Telegraph The chronology of events related to the Supreme Court verdict allowing a “living will” for passive euthanasia May 11, 2005: Supreme Court takes note of PIL filed by NGO Common Cause seeking permission to allow terminally ill persons to execute a living will for passive euthanasia. Court seeks the Centre’s response to the plea asking for declaration of “right to die with dignity” as a fundamental right under right to...
More »Jain monk hails euthanasia ruling; Catholic priests slam it: Highlights
-Business Standard The Supreme Court said a person has the 'right to die with dignity' and can make an advance living will authorising the withdrawal of life-support system In a historic judgement, the Supreme Court on Friday held that the right to die with dignity is a fundamental right, saying that an individual could make an advance "living will" that would authorise passive euthanasia under certain circumstances. The apex court's Bench held...
More »Long battle lies ahead, say 'die with dignity' activists -Sumitra Debroy
-The Times of India MUMBAI: The city has held a special spot in the four-decades-long battle to demand a dignified exit for very ill persons who are beyond treatment and unlikely to live a quality life. On Friday, the SC judgment legalising passive euthanasia and living will was welcomed by those championing the cause, but they called it just the beginning of a long journey ahead. One of the earliest demands for...
More »The ecologically subsidised city: on Kolkata's wetland communities -Aseem Shrivastava
-The Hindu What Dhrubajyoti Ghosh closely observed and learnt from Kolkata’s wetland communities If ever there was someone who lived true to his name, it was Dhrubajyoti Ghosh. In Sanskrit, “Dhrubajyoti” refers to the light (jyoti) emitted by the pole star (dhruva tara). The ecologist, who passed away in February, was unwavering in his commitment to the cause he lived for and fearlessly defended: saving the ecologically critical East Kolkata Wetlands from...
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