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…
View detailsWhat 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…
View detailsSection 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…
View details“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…
View detailsThe 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…
View detailsEternal 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…
View detailsAbortion has been, and continues to remain, one of the most heated debates in the world. The trend of legalising abortions started in 1920 with Vladimir Lenin legalising abortion in the Soviet Union bringing, as of 2012, almost 75% of the world population to have the “Right to Abortion”. India was a pioneer in introducing…
View detailsWhat is Reservation? Reservation is the system of affirmative action in India that provides some percentage of seats reserved for historically disadvantaged groups in education, employment, jibs by central and state government, all private education institutions and politics, Except in religious and linguistic educational institution. There are 4 types of categories that are in the…
View detailsDue to the pandemic situation, the government implemented complete lockdown. Schools,colleges and offices were completely locked-down. We were all worried due to its outbreak.Everyone was concerned about their families, taking proper care and following social distancing.Everyone was adhering the rules of lock-down. Children were delighted initially, as they got anextended vacation, now they will not…
View detailsWe say grass is always greener on the other side. We human being have tendency that we are never satisfied with what we have, and we never appreciate what we have. Our needs and demands are insatiable. We are never satisfied with what we have and we fail to realise that we are constantly comparing…
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