On Privacy
On 24 August 2017, a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court ruled that the right to privacy is “intrinsic to life and liberty” and is inherently protected under the various fundamental freedoms enshrined under Part III of the Indian Constitution.
On 24 August 2017, a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court ruled that the right to privacy is “intrinsic to life and liberty” and is inherently protected under the various fundamental freedoms enshrined under Part III of the Indian Constitution.
- Bhairav Acharya’s article (2015) briefly visited the several theoretical conceptions of privacy, some with rich philosophical and juridical histories, before reviewing four contemporary elements of privacy in India that are influencing the evolution of privacy law.
- AG Noorani's article (2005) discusses how the Supreme Court, in two rulings at the time, included the right to privacy within the ambit of the fundamental right to "personal liberty” as embodied in Article 21.
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