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Vidhi and ELICIT hope to continue this public discourse and work towards a comprehensive framework on end-of-life care that addresses socio-economic inequities in access to critical and palliative care. (8/9)

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Likewise for institutions like

that have been trailblazers in adopting an ethical approach to end-of-life care. (7/9)

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Vidhi is grateful to everyone who participated in conversations around end-of-life care & gave their inputs on the model bill on end-of-life care jointly drafted with ELICIT

@AnantBhan

,

@drsitu

, Dr Sanjay Nagral, Dr Sujeet Rajan, Nivedita Saksena Raj, Yashaswini Mittal (6/9)

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Vidhi and ELICIT are grateful to all the advocates of end-of-life care and palliative care who have laid the foundation for advancing the discourse on this

@RajaniSurendarB

@NaveenSalins

, Dr Rajam Iyer, Dr Shiva Iyer, Dr Sushma Bhatnagar,

@mrraj47

(5/9)

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Vidhi is privileged to have collaborated with ELICIT on this important but complex issue of law and medical ethics involving autonomy, dignity and the sanctity of life. (4/9)

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Dhvani Mehta, Shreya Shrivastava [

@shr_shreya71

], Rituparna Padhy [

@pixel_lenses

] from Vidhi & Adv Rashmi Nandkumar assisted Sr Adv Arvind Datar for the ISCCM, with Dr RK Mani

@rkmjs1

providing technical inputs. Akshat Agarwal [

@AkshatAg18

] helped draft the application.(3/9)

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The SC order is the culmination of tireless work by the End of Life Care in India Task Force (ELICIT) to respect the right to die with dignity

@rkmjs1

@bangalorelion

@RoopGursahani

(2/9)

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The application for modification was filed by the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM). For details on the judgement, see the quoted tweet. More about our journey so far👇: (1/9)

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On 2/2/2023, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India passed a landmark order modifying guidelines on advance directives & the withholding/withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment laid down by the Court in Common Cause (A Registered Society) v Union of India (2018).(1/8)

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The modified guidelines are a step in the right direction & Vidhi is privileged to have played a role in this. The SC’s order can be accessed here: bit.ly/3YllMzL (8/8)

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Both the Primary & the Secondary Boards now have to provide their opinions preferably within 48 hours of the case being referred to them. The requirement for a Judicial Magistrate to visit the hospital before LST is withheld or withdrawn has also been eliminated. (7/8)

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Under the earlier judgement, the Secondary Board was required to be constituted by the Collector and comprise the Chief Medical Officer and experts from specific specialties. This proved to be impossible to implement in practice. (6/8)

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The Primary Board will confirm whether LST should be withheld/withdrawn, and refer the case to a Secondary Board comprising a doctor nominated by the district Chief Medical Officer & ≥2 subject experts with ≥5 years of experience who were not part of the Primary Board. (5/8)

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When life-sustaining treatment (LST) is no longer beneficial, hospitals will set up a Primary Board with the treating physician & ≥2 subject experts with ≥5 years of experience (original guidelines prescribed ≥20 years of experience for doctors from specific specialties).(4/8)

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Through this modification, an AD may be executed before a notary/Gazetted Officer (instead of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class). The executor may also choose to incorporate the AD in their digital health records, if any. (3/8)

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The guidelines apply to situations where (1) the person is terminally ill, undergoing prolonged medical treatment with no hope of recovery, and (2) no longer has decision-making capacity, and (3) where an advance directive (AD) may or may not exist. (2/8)

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On 2/2/2023, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India passed a landmark order modifying guidelines on advance directives & the withholding/withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment laid down by the Court in Common Cause (A Registered Society) v Union of India (2018).(1/8)

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Vidhi's Karan Gulati co-authored a working paper titled, 'Statutory Regulatory Authorities and the Federal System in India,' with Dr. K.P. Krishnan & Amrita Pillai published by

@CPR_India

&

@CarnegieEndow

. Read the paper here: buff.ly/3wQWy0n

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The Green Mandate Season 2, Episode 1: Afforestation, Reforestation & Eco-Restoration in India with...

The Green Mandate provides a platform for an in-depth conversation on such issues affecting current conservation challenges and aims at developing a deeper public discourse on the law and policy aspects of it. For more details on the event:

vidhilegalpolicy.in

The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy invites you to the first episode of Season 2 of THE GREEN MANDATE on ‘Afforestation, Reforestation & Eco-Restoration in India’ in conversation with noted wildlife...

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Join Vidhi for S2, Ep.1 of The Green Mandate on 'Afforestation, Reforestation & Eco-Restoration in India' with Dr. Faiyaz Khudsar in conversation with

on Feb 7th, at Lecture Room II, IIC Annexe, Delhi from 5:30 PM. Register Here: buff.ly/403QjE0

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'The way the law defines the age of consent is out of touch with our social reality, ' stated Vidhi's Apoorva in an article on the POCSO Act by

@theplainjain

published in

@missingperspec

. Read the article here: buff.ly/3JAwdLD

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Vidhi's

, Lead- Climate & Ecosystems, spoke on legal framework for conserving wetlands on the occasion of #WorldWetlandsDay2023 at Yamuna Biodiversity Park, New Delhi earlier today.

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'Gay Rights expected to take major hit in important US Supreme Court ruling due this year,' writes Vidhi's

@kanavsahgal

in a #Vidhispeaks column on

@barandbench

. Read the article here: buff.ly/3YgZQ93

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Feb 1

The Green Hour, a session by session report on Parliamentary proceedings on environmental matters in both the Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha has been launched by Vidhi. Read Vol. 1, Issue I on Winter Session 2022 here: buff.ly/40kNlLp

Debadityo Sinha

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Feb 1

Vidhi proposed the creation of a digital public library for Maharashtra in its 2021 Briefing Book. It is heartening to see that today the Government announced the creation of a National Digital Public Library in #Budget2023.

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Feb 1

Vidhi's

@Rahul400

has started 'The Accessibility Podcast: Conversations about disability and inclusion'. It is a series of conversations on accessibility for persons with disabilities & disability rights. Listen to the series here: buff.ly/3XSa0NG

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Jan 31

'Make public libraries accessible to children,' writes Vidhi's Sneha Priya Yanappa in

@DeccanHerald

. Read the article here: buff.ly/3HoLTyO

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Jan 31

To decolonise India's legal system, Vidhi released its briefing book, 'From Rule by Law to the Rule of Law: 25 Reforms to decolonise India's legal system,' in December 2022. Read the more at: buff.ly/3Phdzth

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Jan 31

'It is time for the sounds of the veena and the sitar to take centrestage in a truly post-colonial Constitution of India,' writes Vidhi's

@Arghya_justify

in the

@timesofindia

. Read the article here: buff.ly/3Y2Yizy

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The Green Mandate Season 2, Episode 1: Afforestation, Reforestation & Eco-Restoration in India with...

The Green Mandate provides a platform for an in-depth conversation on such issues affecting current conservation challenges and aims at developing a deeper public discourse on the law and policy aspects of it. For more details on the event:

vidhilegalpolicy.in

The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy invites you to the first episode of Season 2 of THE GREEN MANDATE on ‘Afforestation, Reforestation & Eco-Restoration in India’ in conversation with noted wildlife...

Join Vidhi for S2, Ep.1 of The Green Mandate on 'Afforestation, Reforestation & Eco-Restoration in India' with Dr. Faiyaz Khudsar in conversation with

on Feb 7th, at Lecture Room II, IIC Annexe, Delhi from 5:30 PM. Register Here: buff.ly/403QjE0

Rainmatter Foundation

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'The last census data on OBCs was collected in 1931, 9 decades ago.' Read Vidhi's

@mayurigupta_in

explain the legal position on state governments determining the population of OBC's in their states here: buff.ly/3Hg23up

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#HiringAlert! The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy is inviting applications for the post of Research Fellow - FinTech. For further information on remuneration and the application process, please click here: buff.ly/3HifmdR

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'Vidhi's report found that PayTM and Flipkart, in particular, have several blocking issues that need to be resolved for Persons with Disabilities', - read

@barandbench

's coverage of Vidhi's latest study 👇

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Bar & Bench

@barandbench

Jan 28

Only WhatsApp highly accessible for persons with disabilities; other 9 widely used apps fail to meet standards: Vidhi report @Vidhi_India barandbench.com/news/law-polic

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Demonetisation Judgment : Too Little Too Late

Jan 27

'The Supreme Court’s judgment, upholding the constitutional validity of demonetisation is legally right but comes too late to be of any appreciable legal interest,' writes Vidhi's Alok Prasanna in

@epw_in

. Read the article here:

epw.in

The Supreme Court’s judgment, upholding the constitutional validity of the demonetisation of `500 and `1,000 notes, is legally right but comes too late to be of any appreciable legal interest. It

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Jan 27

'A new, empowered body geared exclusively towards legal decolonisation is the need of the hour,' writes

@S_Tripathi07

& Vidhi's Aditya Prasanna Bhattacharya on reforming the Law Commission in the

@FinancialXpress

. Read the article here: buff.ly/3j9SCVn

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The Green Mandate Season 2, Episode 1: Afforestation, Reforestation & Eco-Restoration in India with...

Jan 26

The Green Mandate provides a platform for an in-depth conversation on such issues affecting current conservation challenges and aims at developing a deeper public discourse on the law and policy aspects of it. For more details on the event:

vidhilegalpolicy.in

The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy invites you to the first episode of Season 2 of THE GREEN MANDATE on ‘Afforestation, Reforestation & Eco-Restoration in India’ in conversation with noted wildlife...

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Jan 26

Join Vidhi for S2, Ep.1 of The Green Mandate on 'Afforestation, Reforestation & Eco-Restoration in India' with Dr. Faiyaz Khudsar in conversation with

on Feb 7th, at Lecture Room II, IIC Annexe, Delhi from 5:30 PM. Register Here: buff.ly/403QjE0

Rainmatter Foundation

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Jan 26

As a part of its efforts to reflect and celebrate the Constitution, Charkha also embarked on a podcast series 'Book of India Conversations.' Listen to

@somesortofpanda

&

@ritwika1991

discuss the significance of the Constitution with

@Chop__Stick

here: buff.ly/3XFb8Ea

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