The Karnataka high court on Tuesday directed the state government to furnish medical records of HB Karibasamma, a 70-year-old woman seeking the court’s permission for euthanasia. Justice Ajit Gunjal while hearing the petition asked the government to provide the records in a week’s time. Gunjal also issued notices to the ministry of parliamentary affairs, ministry of law and justice, and the chief secretary, Karnataka. This is the first case in the Karnataka high court seeking permission for mercy killing. Pramila Nesargi, senior counsel and former chairperson of the State Women’s Commission, representing Karibasamma, said the petitioner could be granted the right to die with dignity as she did not want to be a burden on the society.
A journey from maulvi to Pandit - Amidst an intensive conversion programme, launched by various Hindu outfits across the country, Pandit Mahender Pal Arya has become the most sought for pracharak (preacher). A foot soldier of Army Samaj for past 30-years, he owes his coveted status, not only for converting to Hinduism from Islam, but he is perhaps the only 'maulvi' or Islamic preachers crossing the religious divide.
The husband of a pregnant woman who died in an Irish hospital has said he has no doubt she would be alive if she had been allowed an abortion. Savita Halappanavar's family said she asked several times for her pregnancy to be terminated because she had severe back pain and was miscarrying. Her husband told the BBC that it was refused because there was a foetal heartbeat. Ms Halappanavar's death, on 28 October, is the subject of two investigations. An autopsy carried out two days after her death found she had died from septicaemia, according to the Irish Times. Ms Halappanavar, who was 31 and originally from India, was a dentist. Praveen Halappanavar said staff at University Hospital Galway told them Ireland was "a Catholic country". When asked by the BBC if he thought his wife would still be alive if the termination had been allowed, Mr Halappanavar said: "Of course, no doubt about it."
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