'It’s not easy to plead for your child’s death': Parents’ 13-year fight ends with landmark SC ruling

Mar 12, 2026 | 21:49 IST

Harish Rana sustained severe head injuries after falling from the 4th floor (File photo: Tarun Rawat)

After 13 years in a vegetative state, Harish Rana’s parents asked the courts for the unthinkable — permission to let him die. The Supreme Court’s passive euthanasia ruling marks a key moment for India’s right to die with dignity

Harish Rana loved football. His neighbours and friends remember the engineering student as cheerful, bright, energetic and full of life.

Then in 2013 tragedy struck.

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'It’s not easy to plead for your child’s death': Parents’ 13-year fight ends with landmark SC ruling

After 13 years in a vegetative state, Harish Rana’s parents asked the courts for the unthinkable — permission to let him die. The Supreme Court’s passive euthanasia ruling marks a key moment for India’s right to die with dignity

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'It’s not easy to plead for your child’s death': Parents’ 13-year fight ends with landmark SC ruling

After 13 years in a vegetative state, Harish Rana’s parents asked the courts for the unthinkable — permission to let him die. The Supreme Court’s passive euthanasia ruling marks a key moment for India’s right to die with dignity

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