Tag: Euthanasia

  • To Live or Not: But is the Choice Really Ours?

    By Rabia Mohamed Ismail Abdul Rahim, NUALS, Kochi. There’s a story of a democratic country I would like to narrate today. India. The Indian Constitution guarantees every individual the Right to Life. THE END.

  • To Die or Not to Die, is the Question

    By Pragya Dhoundiyal, Law Center-1, Faculty of Law, Delhi University. Right to Life is a right of wide import. This right has always been a bone of contention because defining its limits and the ingredients of this particular right depends on the interpretation and understanding of life of the person who is analyzing it.

  • Euthanasia: A Right to Die with Dignity

    By Priyanka Agrawal, Chaudhary Charan Singh University. The phenomenal advances in medical sciences and technology have altered balance of human life and societal values. Pari-passu with these changes is the upsurge of affirmation of human rights, autonomy, and freedom of choice. These issues compel us to re-evaluate our concepts of societal, medical ethics and value systems.

  • Euthanasia: The Legal Aspect

    By Deepshi, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. “Her death was the best thing that could happen to her,” cried the nation as Aruna Shanbaug finally breathed her last.  It was one rare occasion where death became a reason to rejoice. Such irony described the life of this woman who spent over four decades in vegetative…