India’s Supreme Court has reserved its judgment in the Harish Rana case, addressing life support withdrawal for patients in irreversible vegetative states. The decision could set a landmark precedent for passive euthanasia in the country.
The Supreme Court has directed Noida district hospital to form a medical board to assess whether life support for a 31-year-old quadriplegic man can be legally withdrawn. The case follows his father’s plea citing continuous suffering and worsening health over the past 12 years.
