Parliament should decide on euthanasia, living will, rules SC

February 16, 2016 08:04

The Supreme Court refused to pass any order on passive euthanasia and said the Parliament, or the "people's court", should decide on its legality. The court also left it to the Parliament to take a call on the right of terminally-ill persons to execute 'Living Will' not to prolong their lives by putting them on life support systems.

The Centre accepted the court's observation and said the issue was complex. It even gave an example in the court on complexities involved in taking a person's life and said Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is "being kept alive for years in the hope he will wake up from his coma one day".

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