Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) and Anr. vs Union Of India And Ors.

Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) and Anr. vs Union Of India And Ors.
Court Supreme Court of India
Full case name Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) and Anr. vs Union Of India And Ors.
Decided 24 August 2017
Citation(s) WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO 494 OF 2012
Holding
The right to privacy is protected under Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution.

Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) and Anr. vs Union Of India And Ors is a landmark judgement of the Supreme Court of India, which holds that the right to privacy is protected as a fundamental constitutional right under Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India.[1]

The judgement of the 9-judge bench contains six concurring opinions affirming the right to privacy of Indian citizens. It explicitly overrules previous judgements of the Supreme Court in Kharak Singh vs. State of UP and M.P Sharma v Union of India, which had held that there is no fundamental right to privacy under the Indian Constitution.

The judgment was interpreted as paving the way for the eventual decriminalization of homosexuality in India in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018).

References

  1. ↑ Bhandari, Vrinda; Kak, Amba; Parsheera, Smriti; Rahman, Faiza. "An Analysis of Puttaswamy: The Supreme Court's Privacy Verdict". IndraStra Global. 003: 004. ISSN 2381-3652.
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