EUTHANASIA: IS IT ACCEPTABLE?

Saloni Khaitan Abstract: Legal developments for the right to end life picked up pace in the year 2011, which brought about the judgment of the Division Bench of Supreme Court in Aruna Shanbaug v Union of India. India has introduced the concept of ‘passive euthanasia, also known as withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, in…

DOCTRINE OF SEVERABILITY

IntroductionDoctrine of Severability.-When a part of the statute is declared unconstitutional thena question arises whether the whole of the statute is to be declared void or only thatpart which is unconstitutional should be declared as such. To resolve this problem,the Supreme Court has devised the doctrine of severability or separability. Thisdoctrine means that if an…

Secularism – 3

Dangers to Secularism  While, the Indian Constitution announces the state being totally nonpartisan to all religion, our general public has saturated with religion. Blending of Religion and Politics that is activation of decisions on grounds of early stage characters like religion, rank and nationality, have placed Indian secularism at serious risk.  Public legislative issues works…