medical law — Indian case law & digests

Supreme CourtSupreme Court of India

Dr. Ramesh v. State of Maharashtra (2026): Form F lapses under the PCPNDT Act are substantive offences, not clerical errors

A two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court refused to quash criminal proceedings against a sonologist for deficiencies in Form F records under the PCPNDT Act, holding that blank or incomplete columns are not trivial clerical mistakes but substantive statutory violations — a springboard for the offence of female foeticide. A digest of the facts, the holding, and the statutory scheme of Sections 4(3), 5, 6 and 23.

Valkya Editorial·21 Jun 2026·7 min

Supreme CourtSupreme Court of India

Harish Rana v. Union of India: the first concrete grant of passive euthanasia

On 11 March 2026, a two-judge bench permitted withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from a thirteen-year permanent-vegetative-state patient, classifying clinically assisted nutrition and hydration as medical treatment under the Common Cause framework.

Valkya Editorial·2 Jun 2026·10 min