India dispatch: death of first passive euthanasia patient closes landmark chapter, opens larger debate

India dispatch: death of first passive euthanasia patient closes landmark chapter, opens larger debate

Samridh Chaturvedi is a JURIST correspondent and a third-year law student at the School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be University) where he covers legal, policy, and human rights developments in India. Harish Rana, the first person in India to obtain legal authorization for passive euthanasia died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on March 24, 2026. He died at age 31 after spending eight years in a coma since sust…