{"id":234451,"date":"2025-02-08T06:11:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T06:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/08\/sc-to-hear-pil-seeking-right-to-passive-euthanasia-for-rabies-patients-on-monday\/"},"modified":"2025-02-08T06:11:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T06:11:03","slug":"sc-to-hear-pil-seeking-right-to-passive-euthanasia-for-rabies-patients-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/08\/sc-to-hear-pil-seeking-right-to-passive-euthanasia-for-rabies-patients-on-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"SC to hear PIL seeking right to passive euthanasia for rabies patients on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-118054003,imgsize-41102.cms?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"SC to hear PIL seeking right to passive euthanasia for rabies patients on Monday\" title=\"SC to hear PIL seeking right to passive euthanasia for rabies patients on Monday\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"14\">The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/pil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIL<\/a> seeking the right to <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/passive-euthanasia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passive euthanasia<\/a> for persons afflicted with rabies. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K Vinod Chandran agreed to take up the petition filed by NGO All Creatures Great and Small on February 10 after the matter was mentioned for listing. <\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:2-->In 2020, the top court issued notice to the Centre and sought responses from ministries of health and environment on the petition that was filed in 2019. <\/p>\n<p>In its plea, the NGO prayed that a procedure should be laid down for <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rabies-patients\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rabies patients<\/a> to allow them or their guardians to opt for the assistance of physicians for <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/assisted-dying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assisted dying<\/a> or passive euthanasia. <\/p>\n<p>On March 9, 2018, a five-judge Constitution bench of the SC held that right to life includes <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/right-to-die\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right to die<\/a> and legalised passive euthanasia by allowing the creation of a &#8216;<a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/living-will\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">living will<\/a>&#8216; that could provide terminally ill patients or those in persistent vegetative state (PVS) with no hope of recovery a dignified exit by refusing medical treatment or life support system. <\/p>\n<p>The NGO, represented by senior advocate Sonia and advocate Noor Rampal, seeks to carve out an exception for rabies patients within the apex court judgement. <\/p>\n<p><!--\/include_growfast.cms?pagename=article&skipcss=1potime:2--><br \/>It has said in its petition that rabies has a 100 per cent fatality rate and can be &#8220;more torturous and harrowing to succumb to than other forms of ailments&#8221;. &#8220;These unique symptoms of rabies make it an exceptional case where the patients have to be tied and shackled to their beds reducing their personal freedom, movement dignity and integrity,&#8221; it said. <\/p>\n<p>The court should consider the &#8220;exceptional\/violent nature of the disease and the absence of a cure thereof that makes it a separate class&#8221;.<\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:1--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/sc-to-hear-pil-seeking-right-to-passive-euthanasia-for-rabies-patients-on-monday\/articleshow\/118054003.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a PIL seeking the right to passive euthanasia for persons afflicted with rabies. 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