Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 187 · Decided 7 March 2011
Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 187 · [2011] 4 S.C.R. 1057
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 115/2009
- Decided
- 7 March 2011
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
4 S.C.R. 1057 ARUNA RAMCHANDRA SHANBAUG v. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS (Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 115 of 2009) MARCH 7, 2011 [MARKANDEY KAT JU AND GYAN SUDHA MISRA, JJ.) Human Rights: A B Euthanasia - Withdrawal of life support - Writ petition c filed in Supreme Court seeking euthanasia for a 60 around her neck due to which supply of oxygen to the 0 Petitioner's brain stopped and her brain got damaged - Petitioner lay bed-ridden in KEM Hospital, Mumbai since 1973 allegedly in a Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) - Held: The Petitioner cannot be said to be dead - Even from the report
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