Right to Privacy-Fundamental Right[All about verdict & its history]

Right to Privacy-Fundamental Right[All about verdict & its history]

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Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Right as per the article 21(3) is an important one for all especially upsc aspirants. Significance & provisions of verdict is analysed in this article.A nine-judge Supreme Court Constitutional bench declared Right to Privacy is a Fundamental Right which invalidated the verdicts of MP sharma case (1954) and Kharak singh case (1962). Context of Privacy verdict. Increased number of petitions challenging aadhar scheme & Petitioners included Former Karnataka HC judge KS Puttaswamy (now 91) and activists Bezwada Wilson, Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey. This made to reconsider the issue & violations of Privacy. Evolution of PRIVACY as FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT March , 1954 -Right to privacy is not fundamental right. December, 1962 -Right to privacy is not guaranteed under constitution. August , 2017 -Right to privacy is a…
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