http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/f81589d5036f8434 https://verfassungsblog.de/harish-rana-v-union-of-india/ Dignity at the End - Analysing the Indian Supreme Court’s First Judicially Sanctioned Passive Euthanasia Order Sengupta, Raghav eng 2026-03-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 dignity Euthanasia Indian Constitution Indian Supreme Court Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 11 March 2026, the Supreme Court of India allowed the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in the case of Harish Rana v. Union of India. The Court’s acceptance of non-voluntary passive euthanasia through a best-interests paradigm might seem to be normatively attractive in certain hard cases, but it ultimately risks undermining patient autonomy and leading to ableist assumptions in the absence of a more demanding, procedurally sound account of substituted judgment and safeguards.