• Anjali Choudhary

The right to die is a term founded on the opinion that human beings are entitled to end their life or undergo voluntary euthanasia. Possession of this right is also understood that a person with a terminal disease, or without the ability to continue living, should be able to end their own life, use assisted suicide, or to refuse life-prolonging care. The issue of who should be empowered to make this decision, if anyone, is often central to the debate. In their view of the quality of their lives and their view of the balance between the positive and the negative aspects of living, some scholars and philosophers, like David Benatar, consider people to be overly optimistic. This concept can be considered in terms of antinatalism and the lack of agency over one's birth and who should have control over one's decision to live or die. Proponents usually equate the right to die with the belief that one's body and one's soul are one's own, to dispose of as one sees fit. A legitimate state interest in preventing irrational suicides, however, is often up for discussion. Religious views on suicide differ, as in Catholicism, from the Hindu and Jain traditions of non-violent suicide by fasting (Prayopavesa and Santhara, respectively) to calling it a serious sin. On the other side, recently in a landmark decision extending the right to life to include the right to die with dignity, Supreme Court legalizes passive euthanasia. In this context right to die under certain circumstances were allowed by the Supreme Court. This paper will analyze all the right to die in reference to passive euthanasia, relevant judicial pronouncement and status in other countries.

Life; Passive euthanasia; Right to die; Suicide; and Voluntary Euthanasia.

"Right to Die Vis-à-vis Passive Euthanasia", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.571-574, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREO06129.pdf

"Right to Die Vis-à-vis Passive Euthanasia", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp571-574, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREO06129.pdf