Woman Withdraws HC Plea to Stop Friend From Travelling to Europe for Euthanasia

"The patient is extremely traumatised. Considering his situation, the plea is withdrawn," the woman's counsel said.

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A Bengaluru-based woman who had filed a writ petition before the Delhi High Court to prevent her friend from travelling to Switzerland in a reported bid for euthanasia withdrew her plea on Thursday, 18 August.

Advocate Subhash Chandran, the woman's counsel, apprised Justice Yashwant Varma that he was instructed to withdraw the plea by the woman as her friend, who is suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and on whom she had sought the travel ban, was "deeply traumatised" by her filing of the case, LiveLaw reported.