Harish Rana, India's first passive euthanasia case, dies after 13 years in vegetative state

Days after the Supreme Court granted withdrawal of medical treatment in his case, affirming “the right to die with dignity”, 31-year-old Harish Rana died at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, on Tuesday (March 24, 2026) after more than 13 years in coma, sources said.

Since August 2013, Mr. Rana had been on life support after he fell from a building and sustained severe head injuries when he was a B. Tech student at Panjab University.

He was shifted from his Ghaziabad home to the palliative care unit at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital at AIIMS on March 14, three days after the apex court passed the landmark judgement for Harish.