The right to privacy of an individual is an inalienable right, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre, who wrote a separate but concurring judgement declaring the right to privacy as a fundamental right under the Constitution, said it cannot be conceived that an individual enjoys a meaningful life with dignity, without such a right. “In my considered opinion, right to privacy of any individual is essentially a natural right, which inheres in every human being by birth. Justice Sapre added that the most popular meaning of right to privacy is “the right to be let alone”. Indeed, the right to privacy is inbuilt in these expressions and flows from each of them and in juxtaposition,” he said.

Source: Mint August 24, 2017 10:52 UTC