Highlights 1 AG K K Venugopal argues for Centre in right to privacy case2 Privacy does not enjoy status of fundamental right, says AG3 3 states back petitioners' argument that privacy is a fundamental rightArguing in the right to privacy case before the nine-judge Constitution bench in Supreme Court today, Attorney General K K Venugopal said that privacy does not enjoy the status of a fundamental right. "Privacy is part of Right to Life under Article 21, but does not enjoy the status of a fundamental right," said AG Venugopal on behalf of the Centre. The debate on privacy as a fundamental right is a part of the larger debate on Aadhaar and if the scheme violates one's right to privacy. There are several aspects to Right to Life such as right to food, shelter and employment but everything does not enjoy the status of a fundamental right, said K K Venugopal in the Supreme Court today. Arguing for privacy as a fundamental right, Dattar said that the court must not strictly lay the right to privacy under a single article.

Source: India Today July 26, 2017 08:15 UTC