Right to Privacy

A nine-judge Supreme Court bench unanimously ruled on August 24, 2017 that privacy is a fundamental right, protected as an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty and as part of the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution.

Salient Points of the Privacy Judgment

• Privacy is a constitutionally protected right emerging primarily from the guarantee of life and liberty in Article 21 of the Constitution.
• It includes the preservation of personal intimacies, sanctity of family life, marriage, procreation, the home and sexual orientation.
• Privacy connotes a right to be left alone. It safeguards individual autonomy and recognises one’s ability to ....