Title: EUTHANASIA – Right to life vs. Right to death
Headings: EUTHANASIA – Right to life vs. Right to death
EUTHANASIA – Right to life vs. Right to death
Definition
History
Historical Position in India
Difference between Suicide and Euthanasia
Types of Euthanasia
Related Acts and Statutes
The Question of Fundamental Right
Euthanasia and Abetment to Suicide
Legal Procedure
Can death be a good thing?
Indian perspective
Landmark Judgement
Conclusion

Content: Historical Position in India
During the Vedic Period, religious suicides were common and it can be traced from the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. While writing commentaries on Manu, Govardhana and Kulluka observed that a man may take his death if he is suffering from an incurable disease. There were two views on this –
A) By helping others to end their lives is releasing him from unbearable suffering. B) By helping others to end their lives disturbs the cycle of death and rebirth and those who help will take the remaining sins of the deceased person. But now the views of Hindus have changed. Muslims are not in favor of Euthanasia. Their belief is that God gave them life and it’s his choice of how long people will live. Christians also hold the same viewpoint. Basically, Euthanasia is a practice in which life can be put to an end intentionally to relieve the person from suffering and pain. To define Euthanasia in law terms, it means death at will or mercy killing.