Euthanasia Defined The Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘euthanasia’ as ‘the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma’. The word appears…
Whether a person should be allowed to remain in a stage of incurable passivity suffering from pain and anguish in the name of Hippocratic Oath. The question that arises is…
In order to overcome the difficulty faced in case of patients who are unable to express their wishes at the time of taking the decision, the concept of Advance Medical…
John Rawls says that the liberal concept of autonomy focuses on choice and likewise, self-determination is understood as exercised through the process of choosing. The respect for an individual human…
Dignity of an individual has been internationally recognized as an important facet of human rights in the year 1948 itself with the enactment of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.…
On May 12, 2022, the Allahabad High Court dismissed a plea seeking the opening of 22 locked rooms of Taj Mahal, based on a petition that was filed by Rajneesh…
‘Gian Kaur v. State of Punjab (1996)’ is the case when the Supreme Court examined the Constitutional Validity of Section 306 (Abetment of Suicide) of IPC. The facts of the…
In the case of ‘Daryao v. state of UP (1962)’, an important question arose before the court whether res judicata applicable in writ petitions. In this case, six petitions came…
The petition challenged the constitutional validity Section 30 of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914 prohibiting employment of “any man under the age of 25 years” or “any woman” in any…
The rights of women were noticed by Supreme Court in a large number of judgments, some important judgments we are referring here- Githa Hariharan v. Reserve Bank of India ,…
