<p>"There is no question of concurring or not with the judgement. But in fact, they (Supreme Court) are right that without a law you cannot resort to this kind of a decision with a judicial order," Law Minister M Veerappa Moily told reporters here.<br /><br />A bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Mishra dismissed the plea filed on behalf of KEM hospital nurse Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug, who has been in a vegetative state in a Mumbai hospital for the last 37 years.<br /><br />Moily said the Right to Life is a right vested with a person. "Therefore, there is a need for a serious debate into the matter. It has to be examined, it has to be debated upon," he said.<br /><br />But the Law Minister, at the same time, agreed that there were a lot of humanitarian points to be looked into and said such petitions cannot be used as "an instrument" to kill somebody.<br /><br />He pointed that even in the United States, there is no general law to grant such permission expect in two states.</p>
<p>"There is no question of concurring or not with the judgement. But in fact, they (Supreme Court) are right that without a law you cannot resort to this kind of a decision with a judicial order," Law Minister M Veerappa Moily told reporters here.<br /><br />A bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Mishra dismissed the plea filed on behalf of KEM hospital nurse Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug, who has been in a vegetative state in a Mumbai hospital for the last 37 years.<br /><br />Moily said the Right to Life is a right vested with a person. "Therefore, there is a need for a serious debate into the matter. It has to be examined, it has to be debated upon," he said.<br /><br />But the Law Minister, at the same time, agreed that there were a lot of humanitarian points to be looked into and said such petitions cannot be used as "an instrument" to kill somebody.<br /><br />He pointed that even in the United States, there is no general law to grant such permission expect in two states.</p>