1Intern, B. J Govt. Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune
2Student, Indian Law Society's Law College, Pune
3Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology, B. J Govt. Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune
*Corresponding Author: Rao Rohan N. 501/4 Shangrilla Apartments, Bund Garden Road, Pune, 411001, Phone: 9920769235, E-mail ID: rohanrao1993@gmail.com
Online published on 6 January, 2018.
Physician assisted suicide is not practiced in India, despite a string of cases which have exposed the grave need for a progressive law on euthanasia. This article seeks to trace the moral and legal development of the concept of euthanasia, through societal discourse and judicial pronouncements, both. To highlight the glaring inconsistencies of India's law on euthanasia, we present alternative jurisprudences around the world, where physician assisted suicide (PAS) is a state-sanctioned practice. We argue that even though India has a legislation to enable passive euthanasia, only enabling Physician Assisted Suicide would indicate true development and progressive health-care sector law-making.
Euthanasia, Physician Assisted Suicide, Judicial Pronouncements
