The plea has been made by a journalist who has written a book on Ms Shanbaug.
The court will examine if the plea is "akin to euthanasia". It is being seen as a landmark case in India where euthanasia or mercy killing is illegal.
So why not legalise it. Why force somebody to live, when he or she really would instead prefer death? Netherlands, where it is legal.
It is sheer hypocrisy, when she was well and good, the SYSTEM could not give her security, save her dignity....her assailant Sohanlal Barth Valmiki, a ward boy, got away with just seven years for attempted murder and for robbing Aruna's earrings..ha!! wat justice..he belived to be working in a Delhi hospital.
I stand for dignity..in life and in death too....why deny it?
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