Vipul Mudgal

“It [judgement] broadens the scope of Article 21. It now affirms, kind of completely, that the right to life includes the right to die with dignity. That is the bottom line for us,”

Vipul Mudgal · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19

He was commenting on the significance of the Supreme Court's 2018 ruling on the right to die with dignity.

“If there is no meaning left in life, somebody is kept alive artificially, just beating the heart with some mechanical device, that life has no meaning,”

Vipul Mudgal · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19

He argued that life sustained only by mechanical means has no meaning.

“Decisions are being made every day, sometimes by the family members, sometimes by the doctors, sometimes because of paucity of money,”

Vipul Mudgal · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19

He commented on who typically makes end-of-life decisions in India.