Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 77 · Decided 24 January 2023
Common Cause (A REGD. Society) v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 77 · [2023] 1 S.C.R. 1137
- Case number
- MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION No. 1699/2019
- Decided
- 24 January 2023
- Bench
- K.M. JOSEPH, AJAY RASTOGI, ANIRUDDHA BOSE, HRISHIKESH ROY, C.T. RAVIKUMAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Constitution of India - Right of the person to die with dignity - Advanced directives - Application seeking clarification of the judgment in Common Cause (A Registered Society) v. Union of India (2018) 6 SCR 1 - In the said writ petition, the Court was concerned with the question as to whether even in the absence of Advance Directives, when a person is faced with a medical condition with no hope of recovery and is continued on life support system/medicines, support system should be
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