{"id":57759,"date":"2019-10-13T13:42:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T08:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=57759"},"modified":"2019-10-13T13:42:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T08:12:46","slug":"parents-unable-to-afford-medical-treatment-of-child-seeks-her-mercy-killing-from-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/parents-unable-to-afford-medical-treatment-of-child-seeks-her-mercy-killing-from-court","title":{"rendered":"Parents unable to afford medical treatment of child seeks her mercy killing from Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/mercy-killing.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"57770\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/parents-unable-to-afford-medical-treatment-of-child-seeks-her-mercy-killing-from-court\/mercy-killing\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/mercy-killing.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mercy killing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/mercy-killing.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-57770\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/mercy-killing.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/mercy-killing.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/mercy-killing.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A couple moved the District Sessions Court in Chittoor, seeking permission for\u00a0mercy killing\u00a0for their one-year-old daughter Suhana as they are unable to afford her treatment costs.<\/p>\n<p>The child has breathing disorders, down\u00a0syndrome\u00a0and is on life support since birth.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, the couple Bawajan and Shabhir \u2014 both daily wagers \u2014 have filed a petition at the family court in Madanpalle town.<\/p>\n<p>The couple sold off their land and spent around Rs 12 lakh for her treatment. However, with no improvement in her health, the couple decided to file the plea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple moved the District Sessions Court in Chittoor, seeking permission for\u00a0mercy killing\u00a0for their one-year-old daughter Suhana as they are unable to afford her treatment costs. The child has breathing disorders, down\u00a0syndrome\u00a0and is on life support since birth. According to sources, the couple Bawajan and Shabhir \u2014 both daily wagers \u2014 have filed a petition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[85],"tags":[2090],"class_list":["post-57759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate-law-news","tag-mercy-killing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Parents unable to afford medical treatment of child seeks her mercy killing from Court - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A couple moved the District Sessions Court in Chittoor, seeking permission for\u00a0mercy killing\u00a0for their one-year-old daughter Suhana as they are unable to - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. 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