
This week on 30 Minutes, watch people who do not wish to live more and thus, ask for mercy killing for themselves. ...

06:53 PM, Mar 13, 2011

Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts, should Indian citizens have the right to die. ...

11:21 PM, Mar 07, 2011

On talking point, Rajdeep Sardesai asks that do we need a law on euthanasia. ...

10:28 PM, Mar 07, 2011

On talking point, Rajdeep Sardesai asks that do we need a law on euthanasia. ...

10:28 PM, Mar 07, 2011

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition to allow the mercy killing of former Mumbai nurse Aruna Shanbaug. Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Mishra dismissed the petition filed on behalf of Shanbaug and observed that passive euthanasia is permissible under supervision of law in exceptional circumstances but active euthanasia is not permitted under the law. What are active and passive euthanasia and what are the accepted...

07:03 PM, Mar 07, 2011

Pinki Virani's lawyer Shubhangi Tulli said the Supreme Court praised Pinki for putting Aruna Shanbaug's case rightly. ...

12:15 PM, Mar 07, 2011

A retired employee of KEM Hospital's ward number four, Tidi Makwana has served Aruna Shanbaug for 25 years. ...

11:56 AM, Mar 07, 2011

The Supreme Court, while rejecting Aruna Shanbaug's euthanasia plea praised KEM hospital for taking care of her. ...

11:38 AM, Mar 07, 2011

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition to allow mercy killing of former Mumbai nurse Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug. The apex court rejected the mercy killing petition of Aruna, a semi-comatose rape victim in Mumbai's King Edward Memorial Hospital, while praising the hospital and staff for taking unprecedented care of her. The court however held that passive euthanasia is permissible under supervision of law in exceptional circumstances but...

10:44 AM, Mar 07, 2011

Mirzapur: A family in Mirzapur has been pleading for euthanasia for their four sons. Everyday is just another day in in the lives of the four young boys who wish to live no further. The four brothers were detected with muscular dystrophy at the age of five. Today, Durgesh is 22 years of age, Sarvesh is 18, Brijesh is 13 and Sushil is 10 - all of them crippled and...

10:23 AM, Mar 07, 2011

Bangalore: A 70-year-old woman in Karnataka has asked the High Court to allow her to end her life. She has been fighting for her right to die with dignity for the last 12 years. Every day is a struggle for the 70-year-old HB Karibasamma. She needs help in day-to-day activities. Going down the stairs is an uphill task for her after she suffered a slipped disc a few years back....

09:06 AM, Mar 07, 2011

Mumbai: The Supreme Court is expected to deliver its verdict in Nurse Aruna Shanbaug's mercy killing petition on Monday. She has been living in a vegetative state for the last 30 years after a brutal sexual assault. Tidi Makhwana, a former employee of KEM Hospital, said, "I stayed with her for many years. She should not die as she is not creating any problems for anyone." For 25 years, 58-year-old...

07:27 AM, Mar 07, 2011

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict in the Aruna Shanbaug mercy killing case. ...

02:46 AM, Mar 03, 2011