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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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When Supreme Court First Recognised Concept Of Passive Euthanasia
Passive euthanasia in exceptional circumstances was first legalised in India in the Aruna Shanbaug vs Union of India judgment in 2011.
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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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In Kolkata Horror Case, Chief Justice Cites Aruna Shanbaug. Her Chilling Story
While hearing the recent Kolkata rape-murder case today, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud made a reference to the 1973 Aruna Shanbaug incident.
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Aruna Shanbaug And The Right To Die With Dignity: Top Court Allows Passive Euthanasia
The Supreme Court verdict allowing passive euthanasia for the "right to die with dignity" takes us back to Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug, a nurse at the KEM Hospital who lay like a vegetable, at ward number 4 for 42 years.
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Mumbai Nurse Aruna Shanbaug, In Coma for 42 Years After Rape, in Critical Condition
Aruna Shanbaug, the Mumbai nurse who was raped by a hospital staff member in 1973 and has been in coma ever since, is in a critical condition.
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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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Supreme Court rejects Aruna Shanbaug's euthanasia plea
The Supreme Court today rejected Aruna Shanbaug's euthanasia plea. It had been filed by writer Pinki Virani. Virani in her plea had said that Shanbaug should no longer be fed because keeping her alive violates her right to live with dignity. Her argument is that Aruna can't speak, hear or even think for herself. The writer has even written...
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Aruna Shanbaug's caretakers won't let her go
As the Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict on whether Aruna Shanbaug should be allowed to live or die, the nurses who have been involved in her care for over three decades speak out for the first time on camera.They say as long as Aruna has people to care for her, she should be allowed to live."I don't want her to be killed like this," said...
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Aruna Shanbaug case: Supreme Court to decide on plea for her death
Should Aruna Shanbaug be allowed to die? The Supreme Court will today decide on the fate of the nurse who has been lying in a vegetative state for the last 37 years at a government hospital after being sexually assaulted by a sweeper there.The apex court will hear the plea of activist Pinki Virani that feeding of the nurse should be stopped immedia...
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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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When Supreme Court First Recognised Concept Of Passive Euthanasia
Passive euthanasia in exceptional circumstances was first legalised in India in the Aruna Shanbaug vs Union of India judgment in 2011.
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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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In Kolkata Horror Case, Chief Justice Cites Aruna Shanbaug. Her Chilling Story
While hearing the recent Kolkata rape-murder case today, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud made a reference to the 1973 Aruna Shanbaug incident.
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Aruna Shanbaug And The Right To Die With Dignity: Top Court Allows Passive Euthanasia
The Supreme Court verdict allowing passive euthanasia for the "right to die with dignity" takes us back to Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug, a nurse at the KEM Hospital who lay like a vegetable, at ward number 4 for 42 years.
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Mumbai Nurse Aruna Shanbaug, In Coma for 42 Years After Rape, in Critical Condition
Aruna Shanbaug, the Mumbai nurse who was raped by a hospital staff member in 1973 and has been in coma ever since, is in a critical condition.
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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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Supreme Court rejects Aruna Shanbaug's euthanasia plea
The Supreme Court today rejected Aruna Shanbaug's euthanasia plea. It had been filed by writer Pinki Virani. Virani in her plea had said that Shanbaug should no longer be fed because keeping her alive violates her right to live with dignity. Her argument is that Aruna can't speak, hear or even think for herself. The writer has even written...
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Aruna Shanbaug's caretakers won't let her go
As the Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict on whether Aruna Shanbaug should be allowed to live or die, the nurses who have been involved in her care for over three decades speak out for the first time on camera.They say as long as Aruna has people to care for her, she should be allowed to live."I don't want her to be killed like this," said...
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Aruna Shanbaug case: Supreme Court to decide on plea for her death
Should Aruna Shanbaug be allowed to die? The Supreme Court will today decide on the fate of the nurse who has been lying in a vegetative state for the last 37 years at a government hospital after being sexually assaulted by a sweeper there.The apex court will hear the plea of activist Pinki Virani that feeding of the nurse should be stopped immedia...
