March 7, 2011 5:45 PM
SC dismisses plea for mercy killing
In a keenly-awaited verdict, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea for mercy killing on behalf of a 60-year-old nurse Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug. She is living in a vegetative state for the last 37 years in a Mumbai hospital after a brutal sexual assault. A bench of justices Markandey Katju a...