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June 3, 2021

Right to Die – Part 6
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Previous Cases Related To Euthanasia . 1996- Supreme Court in Gian Kaur v State of Punjab held both euthanasia and assisted suicide not lawful in India. The Court held that the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution does not include the right to die . 2011- In Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug v Union…

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Right to Die – Part 5
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What is ‘living will ’? The ‘living will’ is a person’s right to issue advance directive on the course of his/her treatment, including withdrawal of life support, should such a situation arise. PIL filed by NGO Common Cause in 2005 seeking robust system of certification for passive euthanasia and legal recognition for ‘living will’ in…

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Insanity as a Defense under IPC – 6
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Section 84.7 Epilepsy, Epileptic Fits and Section 84- Epilepsy usually occurs from early infancy, though it may occur at any period of life. Individuals, who have had epileptic fits for years, do not necessarily show any mental aberration, but quite a few of them suffer from mental deterioration. Religiosity is a marked feature in the…

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Abortion in India
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“The touch of children is the delight of the body; the delight of the ear is the hearing of their speech”.                                                                   -The great Tamil Saint Thiruvalluvar A mother has got a natural duty to provide the maximum best possible to her offspring. However, situations may arise where she indulges in activities, which injuriously affect…

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THE SOLE DISSENTER
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Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty and in the final analysis, its only keepers are the people ~JUSTICE HANS RAJ KHANNA. Eulogised for his sole dissent to majorly criticized by public “Habeas corpus case” during the “Indian Emergency“, in which the remaining four judges of the five-member bench assented to the then government’s perspective…

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National Disaster Relief Force
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The mid nineties and the subsequent decade saw much international debate & discussion around Disaster Response & Preparedness. Some of the notable and more impactful ones were the Yokohama Strategy Plan (1994) & the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005), adopted by the UN. During the same period India faced some of its most severe natural…

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