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Ghalib To Shakespeare: Supreme Court's Tryst With "Right To Die With Dignity"
Back in 2011, while deciding the Aruna Shanbaug's euthanasia plea, the Supreme Court had invoked Mirza Ghalib's couplet: "Marte hain aarzoo mein marne ki, Maut aati hai par nahin aati".
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Harish Rana Can Die Because Aruna Shanbaug Lived: India's Euthanasia Journey
Fifty-three-years before the Supreme Court allowed Uttar Pradesh's Harish Rana to die, a 25-year-old nurse suffered a brutal sexual assault at Mumbai's King Edward Memorial Hospital
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Supreme Court To Rule On Passive Euthanasia Plea Of Ghaziabad Man
The Supreme Court will decide the fate of a Ghaziabad man who has been in a permanent vegetative state for nearly 13 years, as his family seeks permission to withdraw life-sustaining medical support.
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'Can't Keep Him Like This': Court On Man's Plea To End Son's Life Support
An elderly couple has approached the Supreme Court with a petition seeking passive euthanasia for their 31-year-old son, who has been in a vegetative state for the past 12 years after suffering serious injuries in a fall
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Centre's Reply Sought On Parents' Request Seeking Passive Euthanasia For Son
Describing the case as a "very hard one", the Supreme Court sought the Centre's response on Tuesday on a plea of a couple whose 30-year-old son has been lying in a vegetative state in a hospital since 2013 after suffering head injuries.
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Man Says Will Livestream Death After Macron Turns Down Euthanasia Plea
A Frenchman who is suffering from an incurable condition said Friday he plans to livestream his death on social media as he refuses to take food, drink or medicine after President Emmanuel Macron turned down his request for euthanasia.
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Chennai Man Seeks Passive Euthanasia For 9-Year-Old Son
After fighting the odds for a decade to treat his son, who is in persistent vegetative state since his birth in 2008, a man has approached the Madras High Court, seeking permission to resort to passive euthanasia for the nine-year-old.
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Sanjay Leela Bhansali After Passive Euthanasia Verdict: 'Plenty Of Hue And Cry When I Made Guzaarish'
"I remember when I had made Guzaarish, there was plenty of hue and cry over my plea to allow the irreversibly ailing to end their lives," said Bhansali
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Supreme Court refers plea to allow euthanasia to Constitution bench
A five-judge Constitution bench will decide whether a "living will" or voluntary euthanasia can be allowed if a person is terminally ill or may go into a vegetative state with no hope of recovery.
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Court gets euthanasia plea from triple murder accused, but he denies it
A local court in New Delhi received an application purportedly written by a triple murder accused pleading for euthanasia or mercy killing on the ground that he had been suffering from cancer, but the undertrial has disowned the plea.
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Euthanasia Plea: Tamil Nadu government shows mercy to 14-year-old girl
She shares her name with the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. Fortunately, the cries for help of this 'Amma' in Erode district for the promise of a better tomorrow of her special child are being heard.
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Tamil Nadu: Mother seeks daughter's mercy killing
In a heart-rending plea to authorities, a middle-aged woman has sought euthanasia for her 14-year-old cerebral palsy-affected daughter.
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MP gives Rs. 20 lakh for cancer patient
There is a ray of hope for 21-year-old Alka Tiwari who has been battling blood cancer. A Rajya Sabha MP Ganga Charan has donated Rs 20 lakh rupees for her bone marrow transplant after NDTV showed how the poor girl's family could not afford her treatment.
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Kanpur: Cancer patient fights for right to die
In Kanpur, a 21-year-old girl, suffering from blood cancer for the past nine years, has moved court with a euthanasia plea. She took this decision as she is running out of funds to undergo weekly blood transfusions.
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Aruna Shanbaug case: Supreme Court rejects euthanasia plea
Aruna Shanbaug has not walked or spoken a word in 37 years. Since she was raped by a sweeper at her hospital in 1973, she has not left the hospital where she was once a bright capable nurse. Nurses change her diapers, feed her and calm her when she gets restless - usually if there are more than a few people in her room at Mumbai's King Edward Memor...
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Ghalib To Shakespeare: Supreme Court's Tryst With "Right To Die With Dignity"
Back in 2011, while deciding the Aruna Shanbaug's euthanasia plea, the Supreme Court had invoked Mirza Ghalib's couplet: "Marte hain aarzoo mein marne ki, Maut aati hai par nahin aati".
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Harish Rana Can Die Because Aruna Shanbaug Lived: India's Euthanasia Journey
Fifty-three-years before the Supreme Court allowed Uttar Pradesh's Harish Rana to die, a 25-year-old nurse suffered a brutal sexual assault at Mumbai's King Edward Memorial Hospital
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Supreme Court To Rule On Passive Euthanasia Plea Of Ghaziabad Man
The Supreme Court will decide the fate of a Ghaziabad man who has been in a permanent vegetative state for nearly 13 years, as his family seeks permission to withdraw life-sustaining medical support.
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'Can't Keep Him Like This': Court On Man's Plea To End Son's Life Support
An elderly couple has approached the Supreme Court with a petition seeking passive euthanasia for their 31-year-old son, who has been in a vegetative state for the past 12 years after suffering serious injuries in a fall
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Centre's Reply Sought On Parents' Request Seeking Passive Euthanasia For Son
Describing the case as a "very hard one", the Supreme Court sought the Centre's response on Tuesday on a plea of a couple whose 30-year-old son has been lying in a vegetative state in a hospital since 2013 after suffering head injuries.
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Man Says Will Livestream Death After Macron Turns Down Euthanasia Plea
A Frenchman who is suffering from an incurable condition said Friday he plans to livestream his death on social media as he refuses to take food, drink or medicine after President Emmanuel Macron turned down his request for euthanasia.
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Chennai Man Seeks Passive Euthanasia For 9-Year-Old Son
After fighting the odds for a decade to treat his son, who is in persistent vegetative state since his birth in 2008, a man has approached the Madras High Court, seeking permission to resort to passive euthanasia for the nine-year-old.
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Sanjay Leela Bhansali After Passive Euthanasia Verdict: 'Plenty Of Hue And Cry When I Made Guzaarish'
"I remember when I had made Guzaarish, there was plenty of hue and cry over my plea to allow the irreversibly ailing to end their lives," said Bhansali
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Supreme Court refers plea to allow euthanasia to Constitution bench
A five-judge Constitution bench will decide whether a "living will" or voluntary euthanasia can be allowed if a person is terminally ill or may go into a vegetative state with no hope of recovery.
-
Court gets euthanasia plea from triple murder accused, but he denies it
A local court in New Delhi received an application purportedly written by a triple murder accused pleading for euthanasia or mercy killing on the ground that he had been suffering from cancer, but the undertrial has disowned the plea.
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Euthanasia Plea: Tamil Nadu government shows mercy to 14-year-old girl
She shares her name with the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. Fortunately, the cries for help of this 'Amma' in Erode district for the promise of a better tomorrow of her special child are being heard.
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Tamil Nadu: Mother seeks daughter's mercy killing
In a heart-rending plea to authorities, a middle-aged woman has sought euthanasia for her 14-year-old cerebral palsy-affected daughter.
-
MP gives Rs. 20 lakh for cancer patient
There is a ray of hope for 21-year-old Alka Tiwari who has been battling blood cancer. A Rajya Sabha MP Ganga Charan has donated Rs 20 lakh rupees for her bone marrow transplant after NDTV showed how the poor girl's family could not afford her treatment.
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Kanpur: Cancer patient fights for right to die
In Kanpur, a 21-year-old girl, suffering from blood cancer for the past nine years, has moved court with a euthanasia plea. She took this decision as she is running out of funds to undergo weekly blood transfusions.
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Aruna Shanbaug case: Supreme Court rejects euthanasia plea
Aruna Shanbaug has not walked or spoken a word in 37 years. Since she was raped by a sweeper at her hospital in 1973, she has not left the hospital where she was once a bright capable nurse. Nurses change her diapers, feed her and calm her when she gets restless - usually if there are more than a few people in her room at Mumbai's King Edward Memor...
