India, March 23 -- The recent Supreme Court Judgment in the case of Harish Rana, a comatose or persistent vegetative state (PVS) patient for over 13 years, permitting his parents to withdraw all life support, has triggered the Euthanasia debate once again. On March 9, 2018, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court legalised passive euthanasia while maintaining that active euthanasia is still illegal in India.

The present case of Harish Rana, where the Apex Court has permitted withdrawal of all life support, is considered by many as passive euthanasia. Is what the Court has done morally or ethically correct? The Supreme Court has asked the parents of Harish Rana to take him to the Palliative Care Unit of AIIMS (All India Insti...