Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 08:08am on 11 Mar 2026,Wednesday India
The Supreme Court has allowed passive euthanasia for Harish Rana, a 32-year-old man who has been in a coma since a fall in 2013 left him with severe brain injuries. The ruling is the first court-ordered passive euthanasia case in India. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan said clinically assisted nutrition counts as medical treatment and can be withdrawn if medical boards approve it. “The best interest of the patient is the only interest to be considered,” Justice Viswanathan said. Justice Pardiwala said Rana had been “stripped of a voice to voice his anguish.” The court allowed doctors to withdraw treatment in hospital, saying the decision lets him “leave with dignity.” (PC: India Today)
