Displaying a rare unanimity of thought to weave a common constitutional principle, CJI Misra led his colleagues on the bench to harmonise the inevitable yet opposite facets — life and death — and say in unison that "right to die with dignity is an intrinsic facet of right to life guaranteed under Article 21".
With this ruling, the SC has recognised that an individual with terminal illness or in a state of irreversible vegetative condition has the agency to de...