Nepal, March 11 -- In a landmark decision that has reignited debate over end-of-life care in India, the country's Supreme Court (SC) has permitted the withdrawal of life support for a 31-year-old man who has remained in a vegetative state for more than a decade following a tragic accident.

According to Indian media reports, the ruling allows doctors to withdraw life-sustaining treatment for Harish Rana, an engineering student who suffered severe brain injuries after falling from a fourth-floor balcony in 2013 while studying at Punjab University in Chandigarh. Since the accident, Rana has remained in a comatose state with no meaningful interaction with the outside world.

The decision is being described as one of the most significant appl...