Overview
- The Supreme Court, which on Wednesday took Harish Rana’s death certificate on record, praised his family for donating his corneas and a heart valve.
- After AIIMS shifted him to its palliative unit on March 14 under the court’s order, Rana died there on March 24 following withdrawal of life support.
- The court directed Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati to file a compliance affidavit on its March 11 end‑of‑life directives, with a further hearing listed for July.
- The March 11 judgment allowed withdrawal of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration when treatment only prolongs dying and clarified that this is passive euthanasia, not an act to cause death.
- Under the new framework, district Chief Medical Officers must form secondary medical boards to review cases, and the court said such certification should normally make court intervention unnecessary.