Gyan Sudha Misra

SC lays down conditions "until Parliament makes legislation" for "passive euthanasia" —"permission to withdraw life support" —but dismisses Pinki Virani's petition seeking "active euthanasia" for Aruna Shanbaug, while also recommending that attempt t

'The dishonor of the victim Nandabai called for harsher punishment, and we are surprised that the State Government did not file any appeal for enhancement of the punishment'

'A doctor incarcerated for a long period may end up like Dr. Manette in Charles Dicken’s novel ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, who forgot his profession and even his name in the Bastille'

The SC directs the Central Government to set up a Commission, different from the Armed Forces Tribunal, to look into the mounting grievances of the forces

'Crimes against women are not ordinary crimes committed in a fit ofanger or for property. They are social crimes. They disrupt the entire social fabric. Hence, they call for harsh punishment'

'Young women are being killed by their husbands or by their in-laws by pouring kerosene on them and setting them on fire or by hanging/strangulating them'