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Maharashtra appoints 417 custodians for living wills amid legal delays
Updated On: 09 March, 2024 03:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Eshan Kalyanikar
Those who filed PIL say mere appointment of custodian by state isn’t enough
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The Bombay High Court postponed the hearing that was scheduled for Friday to March 22. File pic
The state government recently appointed 417 custodians for living wills, a year after the Supreme Court simplified the process of passive euthanasia through such documents. The move came following a PIL in the Bombay High Court and the next hearing was scheduled for Friday, which was postponed.
“Without the entire system in place, it is not possible to implement the living will process. In this hearing, we were supposed to tell the court that only the appointment of custodians is not enough and ask for its further intervention for the establishment of a system in accordance with the apex court`s directives,” said Dr Nikhil Datar, a gynaecologist and one of the three petitioners in this case.
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