1. Legal Recognition of Living Wills
Criminalizing Suicide was
inhuman.
P. Rathinam case
(MANU/SC/0335/1996)
Right to life does not include
the right to die and even
doctors cannot actively
assist in ending a patient’s
life.
Gian Kaur case
(MANU/SC/0335/1996)
Passive Euthanasia is exigent
circumstances was not
illegal.
Aruna Shaunbag Case
(MANU/SC/0176/2011)
Passive Euthanasia and
Living Wills are legal to give
effect to a person’s right to
die with dignity.
Common Cause Society Case
(MANU/SC/0232/2018)
1994 1996 2011 2018
A Timeline of Supreme Court Cases