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The Right to Stop Medical Treatment: The Harish Rana Case and the Expanding Contours of Personal Autonomy under Article 21

Published On: August 18, 2026 Authored By: Ayan Maji Department of Law, University of Calcutta   Part I: From the Right to Life to the Right to Refuse Treatment Medicine has long been associated with the preservation of life. Courts, too, have traditionally viewed the sanctity of life as a constitutional imperative. Yet a difficult […]

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Dignity Beyond Survival: A Critical Analysis Of Harish Rana v. Union Of India (2026 INSC 222) And India’s Emerging Passive Euthanasia Framework

Published On: July 28, 2026 Authored By: Saumik Sah Raffles University Abstract Harish Rana was nineteen when he fell from a balcony in 2013. Nobody that day — not his parents, not the doctors who stabilised him, not anyone — could have guessed it would take thirteen more years before a court finally gave his

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Case Summary: Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug v. The Union of India & Ors

Published On: Decemeber 22nd 2025 Authored By: Shreya Alok Pathak University of Mumbai – Thane Subcampus Case Title : Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug v. The Union of India & Ors. Case Citation : (2011) 4 SCC 454 Court : Supreme Court of India (Constitution Bench) Bench : Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra Date

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Case Summary: Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug v. Union of India & Others.

Published On: Novemeber 30th 2025 Authored By: Shreshtha Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University Case title: Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug v. Union of India & Others. Citation: (2011) 4 SCC 454; (2011) 4 SCR 1057; decided on 7 March 2011. Court: Supreme Court of India. Bench: Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra, JJ. (Division Bench). Date of

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