Who was Aruna Shanbaug? How her 42-year coma paved way for India’s first passive euthanasia verdict
Before the Harish Rana passive euthanasia case came to light, it was the Aruna Shanbaug case that had gripped the nation. The former nurse had remained in a vegetative state since a brutal sexual assault in 1973. It was only due to her case that the legality of passive euthanasia in rare cases was recognized….