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૨૦:૧૮, ૧૦ માર્ચ ૨૦૧૧ સુધીનાં પુનરાવર્તન

મૂક કૃપામૃત્યુ કે નિષ્ક્રિય કૃપામૃત્યુ ([[અંગ્રેજી: Passive euthanasia) ભારતમાં કાયદેસરનું છે.[૧] ભારત એવા ગણ્યા-ગાંઠ્યા અમુક દેશો પૈકીનું એક છે, કે જ્યાં એક કે બીજા પ્રકારે માનવીય કૃપામૃત્યુ અધિકૃત છે. બેલ્જીયમ, લક્ઝેમબર્ગ, નેધરલેન્ડ અને સ્વિત્ઝર્લેન્ડ તથા યુ.એસ.એ.નું ઓરેગોન સ્ટેટ અને વોશિંગ્ટન સ્ટેટ પણ મર્યાદિત સંજોગોમાં ક્ર્પામૃત્યુને માન્યતા આપે છે.[૨] ૭મી માર્ચે ભારતની સર્વોચ્ચ અદાલતે, કાયમી ધોરણે મૃતપ્રાય અવસ્થામાં રહેલા દર્દીઓને આપવામાં આવતી કૃત્રિમ જીવન સહાય પાછી ખેંચી લઈને મૂક પણે કૃપામૃત્યુ આપવ અંગેની જોગવાઈને કાયદાનું સ્વરૂપ આપ્યું છે. The decision was made as part of the verdict in a case involving Aruna Shanbaug, who has been in a vegetative state for 37 years at King Edward Memorial Hospital. The high court rejected active euthanasia by means of lethal injection. In the absence of a law regulating euthanasia in India, the court stated that its decision becomes the law of the land until the Indian parliament enacts a suitable law.[૩][૪]

Aruna Shanbaug case

Aruna Shanbaug was a nurse working at the KEM Hospital in Mumbai on 27 November 1973 when she was sexually assaulted by a sweeper. During the attack she was strangled with a chain, and the deprivation of oxygen has left her in a vegetative state ever since. She has been treated at KEM since the incident and is kept alive by feeding tube. On behalf of Aruna, her friend Pinki Virani, a social activist, filed a petition in the Supreme Court arguing that the "continued existence of Aruna is in violation of her right to live in dignity". The Supreme Court made its decision on 7 March 2011.[૫] The court rejected the plea to discontinue Aruna's life support but issued a set of broad guidelines legalising passive euthanasia in India. The Supreme Court's decision to reject the discontinuation of Aruna's life support was based on the fact the hospital staff who treat and take care of her did not support euthanizing her.[૩]

Guidelines

While rejecting Pinki Virani's plea for Aruna Shanbaug's euthanasia, the court laid out guidelines for passive euthanasia.[૩] According to these guidelines, passive euthanasia involves the withdrawing of treatment or food that would allow the patient to live.[૬][૭] India joins a small number of countries, including Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as the US states of Washington and Oregon, that have legalised euthanasia in some form.[૬][૮] Elsewhere in the world euthanasia is almost always illegal.[૮] As India had no law about euthanasia, the Supreme Court's guidelines are law until Parliament passes legislation.[૬] India's Minister of Law and Justice, Veerappa Moily, called for serious political debate over the issue.[૭]

After the court ruling the Calcutta Telegraph consulted with Muslim, Hindu, Jain and Christian religious leaders. Though generally against legalising euthanasia, Christians and the Jains thought passive euthanasia was acceptable under some circumstances. Jains and Hindus have a traditional ritual santhara , wherein one can perform to end one's life when one feels their life is complete.[૯] Some members of India's medical establishment were skeptical about euthanasia due to the country's weak rule of law and the large gap between the rich and the poor, which might lead to the exploitation of the elderly by their families.[૬]

References

  1. "India joins select nations in legalising "passive euthanasia"". ધી હિંદુ. 7 March 2011. મેળવેલ 8 March 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. "India's Supreme Court lays out euthanasia guidelines". LA Times. 8 March 2011. મેળવેલ 8 March 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ૩.૦ ૩.૧ ૩.૨ "Supreme Court disallows friend's plea for mercy killing of vegetative Aruna". The Hindu. 7 March 2011. મેળવેલ 7 March 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. "Aruna Shanbaug case: SC allows passive euthanasia in path-breaking judgment". The Times of India. 7 March 2011. મેળવેલ 7 March 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. "After 36 yrs of immobility, a fresh hope of death". Indian Express. 17 December 2009. મેળવેલ 7 March 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ૬.૦ ૬.૧ ૬.૨ ૬.૩ "India's Supreme Court lays out euthanasia guidelines". LA Times. 8 March 2011. મેળવેલ 8 March 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. ૭.૦ ૭.૧ "India court rejects Aruna Shanbaug euthanasia plea". BBC. 7 March 2011. મેળવેલ 8 March 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  8. ૮.૦ ૮.૧ "Euthanasia: Widely debated, rarely approved". Times of India. 8 March 2011. મેળવેલ 8 March 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  9. "Faiths take nuanced view". The Telegraph - Calcutta. 7 March 2011. મેળવેલ 8 March 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

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