Key Highlights
- Viswanathan was hearing a miscellaneous application filed by the man’s father seeking permission to discontinue all life-sustaining treatment.
- Two medical boards constituted pursuant to the Court’s directions have reported that the patient has no chance of recovery.
- The Court noted that under the guidelines laid down by the Constitution Bench in Common Cause v.
- union of India (2018), as modified by a subsequent order in January 2023 recognising the right to die with dignity, opinions of the primary and secondary medical boards are required before such a request can be considered.
- It was pointed out that if allowed, this would be the first case where the Common Cause directions are judicially applied.
