The Supreme Court has allowed passive euthanasia for Ghaziabad resident Harish Rana, who has been unconscious for nearly 13 years after a severe accident. The decision has renewed discussion around ...

India has no law governing passive euthanasia. The Supreme Court’s order allowing the withdrawal of Rana’s treatment is the first application of its passive euthanasia framework, shaped largely by ...

Active euthanasia is a process in which a physician may prescribe a lethal drug or injection to relieve the suffering of a person with no hope of recovery. It is legal in countries such as the US, ...

In March 2026, the Supreme Court permitted the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, directing that Harish Rana be admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences where the process could be ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for 31-year-old Harish Rana, who has remained in a permanent vegetative state for more than a decade after ...

For the very first time in India, the Supreme Court has allowed for passive euthanasia in the case of 31-year-old Harish Rana. After falling from a balcony, he has been in a coma for the past 13 years ...

Harish Rana Passive Euthanasia Full Process: Harish Rana of Ghaziabad has been in a coma for the past 13 years. The Supreme Court has granted him permission for passive euthanasia. Learn how the ...

31-year-old Harish Rana's condition is now being discussed across the country. Many people are deeply moved by his situation, ...

Passive euthanasia in India explained: the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Harish Rana case, how the Aruna Shanbaug judgment shaped the law, which countries allow euthanasia, and why it remains ...

The Supreme Court has allowed the withdrawal of medical support for Harish Rana, a patient in a vegetative state since 2013.

While ‘Passive Euthanasia’ has been legalized in the country since 2018, Rana’s case became the first bureaucratic implementation of the directives.

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