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Any person who is suffering from serious illness and where there is no chance of improvement or any person who is depended on artificial life support system and unwanted painful treatment is given, such people should be given the relief from pain by doing the process of passive euthanasia. The petitioner also requested that there should be a legal recognition of living will for the patient who wanted to conduct passive euthanasia. The main motive of this petition is to end the life of the patient with his/her consent through the process of passive euthanasia so that the patient does not suffer from any illness or disease which cannot be cured and also give relief from mental as well as physical pain. But the government of India reported that the idea of living will was unacceptable and doctors have the duty to save the life of the patient. JUDGEMENT In the current case ‘ Common Cause vs Union of India the Supreme Court held that right to life under article 21 of Constitution of India...

  Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code defines rape as "sexual intercourse with a woman against her will, without her consent, by coercion, misrepresentation or fraud or at a time when she has been intoxicated or duped, or is of unsound mental health and in any case if she is under 18 years of age. Section 375 of IPC defines rape as a criminal offence. The Act states that a man is said to commit rape when he has sexual intercourse with a woman without her consent, against her or or if she is a minor. Under Section 375 of IPC, merely the penetration is sufficient to constitute the sexual intercourse necessary to the offence of rape. What Amounts To Rape Under Section 375 Penetration of a man’s sexual organ (penis) into a woman’s mouth, vagina, urethra or anus or making her do so with him or someone else; or Inserting any object, except the penis, into a woman’s vagina, urethra or anus or making her do so with himself or someone else; or Manipulating any body part of the woman to ...