The state government recently appointed 417 custodians for living wills, a year after the Supreme Court simplified the process of passive euthanasia through such documents. The move came following a PIL in the Bombay High Court and the next hearing was scheduled for Friday, which was postponed.

“Without the entire system in place, it is not possible to implement the living will process. In this hearing, we were supposed to tell the court that only the appointment of custodians is not enough and ask for its further intervention for the establishment of a system in accordance with the apex court`s directives,” said Dr Nikhil Datar, a gynaecologist and one of the three petitioners in this case.