Narayan and Iravati Lavate

The Supreme Court's verdict on passive euthanasia has been met with lively cheer by the city's doctors and a deathlike disapproval by Iravati and Narayan Lavate, who had appealed to the President to grant them permission for active euthanasia. While doctors feel this decision will help terminally-ill patients choose a dignified death and lessen financial burden on their families, the Lavates are of the opinion that it is 'half-baked'.