Dignity at the End - Analysing the Indian Supreme Court’s First Judicially Sanctioned Passive Euthanasia Order
Sengupta, Raghav
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2026-03-28
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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.
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Sengupta, Raghav
dignity
Euthanasia
Indian Constitution
Indian Supreme Court
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