Monday 18 May 2015

Aruna Shanbaug


I have often been asked which was the most difficullt case I had to decide in the Supreme Court, and I usually refer to Hinsa Virodhak Sangh vs. Mirzapur  Moti Koresh Jamaat ( see online ).

 However, Aruna Shanbaug's case comes a close second ( see online and on Youtube ). I had to work very hard preparing that judgment, though I got excellent assistance from my then interns, Nithyaesh Natraj, and Vaibhav Rangarajan Venkatesh, who are up and coming lawyers in the Madras High Court today. They worked day and night doing the research in that case to find the legislation and Court decisions on euthanasia all over the world

In that judgment, I and my sister Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra, for the first time in India legalized passive euthanasia.

 I was therefore sorry to learn of the passing away of Aruna in K.E.M. hospital in Mumbai recently.


7 comments:

  1. A bold & contemporary judicial start in a country where people were largely unaware of euthanasia & related complex life issues. Your verdict crossed self created threshold in such social issues.

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  2. Sir today i realised judges have to work hard & apply his extra sense after reading yr judgment in the said case.Being myself a doctor especially pediatric ICU specialist,i face frequntly such an issue & sometime its v tough to decide to go which way withdrawin life support system or to continue.
    one thing i notice & is a concern for the state large amount of money,energy & facilitities are wasted at the end.The result we know before hand.That resources can be utilised for potentiall viable patient.salute u sir for outstanding lines inserted in judgment

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  3. Legalizing Euthanasia would have opened a can of worms as in India everything can be corrupted. In Tamilnadu in villages people used to give Oilbath to elderly patients having incurable diseases like Alzheimer etc. so that they pass away peacefully.But the moral question will always remian. Aruna survived for nearly 40 years but during this time the nurses who took care of her developed a bond and may be this what the Almighty intended.

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  4. Duty requires we calmly wait the summons.....Not dare to stair till heavens shall give permission.

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