Hanging as Method of Execution
Case BriefsSupreme Court

A three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court in Deena v. Union of India, (1983) 4 SCC 645, specifically analysed and evaluated comparative merits of different methods of execution of death sentence and upheld the constitutional validity of hanging as mode of execution of death penalty.

Passive Euthanasia
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In a historic ruling, the Supreme Court of India permitted withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for a patient who had been in a Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) for 13 years, reaffirming the constitutional principle of the right to die with dignity and clarifying the application of the Common Cause euthanasia guidelines across India.

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court: “Why should I fear death? If I am, then death is not. If death is, then I am not. Why