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News India Live, Digital Desk: The Supreme Court has accepted the petition of the family of 40-year-old Harish Rana after a long legal battle. Harish Rana since an accident (falling down the stairs) in 2011 ‘Persistent Vegetative State’ (PVS) Were in. For the last 13 years he was completely dependent on others and had no medical chances of recovery.
Key points of the Supreme Court’s decision:
Death with dignity: The Justice Bench said that the Constitution Article 21 Not only does it provide the right to live with dignity, it also includes the ‘right to die with dignity’, especially when life is dependent only on machines.
Medical Board Report: The court relied on the report of an expert committee of doctors from AIIMS, which confirmed that there is no hope of Rana regaining consciousness.
Passive Euthanasia: The court clarified that this is not active killing, but withdrawal of medical treatment or life support that was artificially prolonging life.
Family conflict: Harish’s elderly parents had been pleading for a long time that their son should be freed from this unlimited suffering. He told the court that Harish was only breathing, but he was not alive. Considering the financial and mental condition of the family, the court took this decision on humanitarian grounds.
Status of law in India: in india Aruna Shanbagh Passive euthanasia was legalized after the case. In 2018, the constitutional bench of the Supreme Court had accepted ‘Living Will’ and dignified death as valid. Harish Rana’s case further strengthens this law.
What is ‘passive euthanasia’?
This is a condition when a patient’s treatment or life support system (such as a ventilator or feeding tube) is deliberately stopped so that he or she can die a natural death. This is different from ‘active euthanasia’ (injecting poison), which is completely banned in India.