“There may be a fundamental right to privacy and it has to be a qualified right since it covers diverse aspects and a sub-species of the Right to Liberty. It’s not absolute and is rather qualified to be elevated to the level of fundamental right. In the forenoon, Sibal had argued these four states supported the contention that right to privacy be held as fundamental right in the age of technological advancements. The court asked Venugopal as to what is difference if right to privacy is considered as a common law right or a fundamental right. Sibal sought intervention on behalf of the four states and said that right to privacy be declared as a fundamental right with some qualification.

Source: Indian Express July 26, 2017 15:00 UTC