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Indian case law by case name, citation, provision or legal issue, with the case summary, the judgment text where we hold it and the provisions it applies.
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Including decisions recorded as applying Article 21 of the Constitution. Show only those
Supreme Court of India16 Aug 2022Full text
2022 INSC 834 · [2022] 7 S.C.R. 557
child rearing has been recognized as an important facet of a person's right to privacy, dignity and bodily integrity under Article
Indian case law by case name, citation, provision or legal issue, with the case summary, the judgment text where we hold it and the provisions it applies.
41–60 · Page 3 of 4
Including decisions recorded as applying Article 21 of the Constitution. Show only those
Supreme Court of India16 Aug 2022Full text
2022 INSC 834 · [2022] 7 S.C.R. 557
child rearing has been recognized as an important facet of a person's right to privacy, dignity and bodily integrity under Article
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Supreme Court of India17 Jan 2019Full text
2019 INSC 52 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 371
recording of activities in such places is questioned as excessive, causes unwarranted invasion of privacy and violative of Articles 19(1)(a) and 21. In support, he referred to para 247(3) of K.S. Puttaswamy and Another wherein
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Supreme Court of India15 Feb 2017Full text
2017 INSC 150 · [2017] 1 S.C.R. 945
Hospital 'Z"', the issue arose with regard to right to privacy as implicit in the right to lifeand liberty as guaranteed D to the citizens under Article 21 of the Constitution and the right of another to lead … rights, namely, the appellant's right to privacy as part ofright to life and Ms' Y's right to lead a healthy life which is her fundamental right under Article 21, the right which would advance the public
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Supreme Court of India13 Sep 2012Full text
2012 INSC 392 · [2013] 13 S.C.R. 1
with regard to whom such information is sought. Undue inroad into the right to privacy of an individual which is protected under Article 21 of the0 Constitution of India or any other law in force would not
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Supreme Court of India13 Sep 2012Full text
2012 INSC 392 · [2013] 13 S.C.R. 1
with regard to whom such information is sought. Undue inroad into the right to privacy of an individual which is protected under Article 21 of the0 Constitution of India or any other law in force would not
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Supreme Court of India27 Mar 2023Full text
2023 INSC 723 · [2023] 5 S.C.R. 918
approval in Justice DY Chandrachud’s lead opinion in the privacy judgement in KS Puttaswamy,38 wherein the learned Judge opined that even in absence of Article 21 of the Constitution, the State has no power to deprive
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Supreme Court of India17 Oct 2023Full text
2023 INSC 920 · [2023] 16 S.C.R. 1209
heart of freedom. 233. Article 21 is available to all persons including queer persons. Article 21 encompasses the rights to dignity, autonomy, and privacy. Each of these facets animates the others. It is not possible to speak
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Supreme Court of India22 May 2025Full text
2025 INSC 778 · [2025] 7 S.C.R. 216
life is an integral part of the fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Article 21 encompasses the right to lead a healthy life. The minor child, who is the victim of the offences … Act [2025] 7 S.C.R. 225 In Re: Right To Privacy of Adolescents regarding taking care of such children and rehabilitating them are consistent with Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, immediately after the knowledge of the
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Supreme Court of India29 Nov 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1303 · [2019] 17 S.C.R. 422
peculiar case of intra-conflict of fundamental rights flowing from Article 21, that is right to a fair trial of the accused and right to privacy of the victim, it is imperative to adopt an approach which would
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Supreme Court of India11 Apr 2013Full text
2013 INSC 243 · [2013] 2 S.C.R. 774
right under Article 21 of the Constitution. So, the courts should deal with such cases sternly C and severely. Sexual violence, apart from being a dehumanizing act, is an unlawful intrusion on the right of privacy and sanctity … crime against basic human rights and also violates the most cherished fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution
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Supreme Court of India8 Feb 2021Full text
2021 INSC 67 · [2021] 1 S.C.R. 518
core zone of privacy, which is inviolable A and even matters of faith would have the least effect on them. The right to marry a person of choice was held to be integral Article 21 of the Constitution
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Supreme Court of India8 Jul 2021Full text
2021 INSC 324 · [2021] 14 S.C.R. 611
was withdrawn and a new summons issued. 78. The more relevant submission is that in the context of Article 21, at this stage, only a summons to appear was issued and there was no question of restriction … other officer) merely appeared and assisted the Committee as a witness. On the issue of right to privacy under Article 51 Supra note 44; Bennett Coleman & Ors. v. Union of India (1972) 2 SCC 788; Divisional H Forest
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Supreme Court of India18 Oct 2024Full text
2024 INSC 790 · [2024] 10 S.C.R. 1513
right to privacy connotes the right to spatial control, decisional autonomy, and information control. This Court held that privacy is an essential aspect of dignity and protects the ability to make choices for oneself. This Court has conclusively … family, marriage, procreation and sexual orientation are intrinsic to the dignity of an individual and enjoys protection under Article 21. From this emerges the ability of a person to retain autonomy of their body and mind. 182. The
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Supreme Court of India16 Jan 2017Full text
2017 INSC 52 · [2017] 1 S.C.R. 261
Article 21 of the Constitution of India. It is important to ·recognise that reproductive choices can be exercised to procreate as well as to abstain from procreating. The crucial consideration is that a woman's rightto privacy, dignity
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Supreme Court of India17 Aug 2017Full text
2017 INSC 756 · [2017] 8 S.C.R. 212
Article 21 of the Constitution of India. lt is important to recognise that reproductive choices can be exercised to procreate as well as to abstain from procreating. The crucial consideration is that a woman's right to privacy
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Supreme Court of India21 Jul 2017Full text
2017 INSC 658 · [2017] 7 S.C.R. 924
Article 21 of the Constitution of India. lt is important to recognise that reproductive choices can be exercised to procreate as well as to abstain from procreating. The crucial consideration is that a woman's right to privacy
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India12 Sep 2025Full text
2025 INSC 1115 · [2025] 9 S.C.R. 895
not merely a policy failure, but a constitutional infraction striking at the very heart of Article 21. 16.4. Article 21 of the Constitution of India, which guarantees the right to life and personal liberty, has been interpreted … longer confined to mere animal existence; it embraces within its fold the rights to dignity, health, shelter, privacy, and humane treatment, with heightened protection for the most vulnerable groups. In Francis Coralie Mullin v. Administrator, Union Territory
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Supreme Court of India19 Oct 2023Full text
2023 INSC 934 · [2023] 14 S.C.R. 959
Vahini v. Union of India8, that the right to choose a partner is a fundamental right under Article 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India. In the celebrated case, Shafi n Jahan v. Asokan K.M.9 it was … marriage lies within the exclusive domain of each individual. Intimacies of marriage lie within a core zone of privacy, which is inviolable.” In S. Khushboo v. Kanniammal10, this Court observed
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 915 · [2019] 12 S.C.R. 1011
clash of two Fundamental Rights, as in the instant case, namely, the appellant’s right to privacy as part of right to life and Ms ‘Y’s right to lead a 25K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India … SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2019] 12 S.C.R. A healthy life which is her Fundamental Right under Article 21, the right which would advance the public morality or public interest, would alone be enforced through the process of court, for
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Supreme Court of India10 Mar 2022Full text
2022 INSC 287 · [2022] 12 S.C.R. 591
the process that constitutional values which underlie Articles 14, 15 and 16 and Article 21 are duly protected – Service Law. Constitution of India – Art. 21 – Preservation of family Life – B Held: State while formulating a policy for its … importance of protecting family life as an element of the dignity of the person and a postulate of privacy because preservation of family life is an incident of Art.21 – Service Law
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Supreme Court of India17 Jan 2019Full text
2019 INSC 52 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 371
recording of activities in such places is questioned as excessive, causes unwarranted invasion of privacy and violative of Articles 19(1)(a) and 21. In support, he referred to para 247(3) of K.S. Puttaswamy and Another wherein
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India15 Feb 2017Full text
2017 INSC 150 · [2017] 1 S.C.R. 945
Hospital 'Z"', the issue arose with regard to right to privacy as implicit in the right to lifeand liberty as guaranteed D to the citizens under Article 21 of the Constitution and the right of another to lead … rights, namely, the appellant's right to privacy as part ofright to life and Ms' Y's right to lead a healthy life which is her fundamental right under Article 21, the right which would advance the public
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India13 Sep 2012Full text
2012 INSC 392 · [2013] 13 S.C.R. 1
with regard to whom such information is sought. Undue inroad into the right to privacy of an individual which is protected under Article 21 of the0 Constitution of India or any other law in force would not
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India13 Sep 2012Full text
2012 INSC 392 · [2013] 13 S.C.R. 1
with regard to whom such information is sought. Undue inroad into the right to privacy of an individual which is protected under Article 21 of the0 Constitution of India or any other law in force would not
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India27 Mar 2023Full text
2023 INSC 723 · [2023] 5 S.C.R. 918
approval in Justice DY Chandrachud’s lead opinion in the privacy judgement in KS Puttaswamy,38 wherein the learned Judge opined that even in absence of Article 21 of the Constitution, the State has no power to deprive
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India17 Oct 2023Full text
2023 INSC 920 · [2023] 16 S.C.R. 1209
heart of freedom. 233. Article 21 is available to all persons including queer persons. Article 21 encompasses the rights to dignity, autonomy, and privacy. Each of these facets animates the others. It is not possible to speak
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India22 May 2025Full text
2025 INSC 778 · [2025] 7 S.C.R. 216
life is an integral part of the fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Article 21 encompasses the right to lead a healthy life. The minor child, who is the victim of the offences … Act [2025] 7 S.C.R. 225 In Re: Right To Privacy of Adolescents regarding taking care of such children and rehabilitating them are consistent with Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, immediately after the knowledge of the
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India29 Nov 2019Full text
2019 INSC 1303 · [2019] 17 S.C.R. 422
peculiar case of intra-conflict of fundamental rights flowing from Article 21, that is right to a fair trial of the accused and right to privacy of the victim, it is imperative to adopt an approach which would
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India11 Apr 2013Full text
2013 INSC 243 · [2013] 2 S.C.R. 774
right under Article 21 of the Constitution. So, the courts should deal with such cases sternly C and severely. Sexual violence, apart from being a dehumanizing act, is an unlawful intrusion on the right of privacy and sanctity … crime against basic human rights and also violates the most cherished fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India8 Feb 2021Full text
2021 INSC 67 · [2021] 1 S.C.R. 518
core zone of privacy, which is inviolable A and even matters of faith would have the least effect on them. The right to marry a person of choice was held to be integral Article 21 of the Constitution
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India8 Jul 2021Full text
2021 INSC 324 · [2021] 14 S.C.R. 611
was withdrawn and a new summons issued. 78. The more relevant submission is that in the context of Article 21, at this stage, only a summons to appear was issued and there was no question of restriction … other officer) merely appeared and assisted the Committee as a witness. On the issue of right to privacy under Article 51 Supra note 44; Bennett Coleman & Ors. v. Union of India (1972) 2 SCC 788; Divisional H Forest
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India18 Oct 2024Full text
2024 INSC 790 · [2024] 10 S.C.R. 1513
right to privacy connotes the right to spatial control, decisional autonomy, and information control. This Court held that privacy is an essential aspect of dignity and protects the ability to make choices for oneself. This Court has conclusively … family, marriage, procreation and sexual orientation are intrinsic to the dignity of an individual and enjoys protection under Article 21. From this emerges the ability of a person to retain autonomy of their body and mind. 182. The
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India16 Jan 2017Full text
2017 INSC 52 · [2017] 1 S.C.R. 261
Article 21 of the Constitution of India. It is important to ·recognise that reproductive choices can be exercised to procreate as well as to abstain from procreating. The crucial consideration is that a woman's rightto privacy, dignity
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India17 Aug 2017Full text
2017 INSC 756 · [2017] 8 S.C.R. 212
Article 21 of the Constitution of India. lt is important to recognise that reproductive choices can be exercised to procreate as well as to abstain from procreating. The crucial consideration is that a woman's right to privacy
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India21 Jul 2017Full text
2017 INSC 658 · [2017] 7 S.C.R. 924
Article 21 of the Constitution of India. lt is important to recognise that reproductive choices can be exercised to procreate as well as to abstain from procreating. The crucial consideration is that a woman's right to privacy
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India12 Sep 2025Full text
2025 INSC 1115 · [2025] 9 S.C.R. 895
not merely a policy failure, but a constitutional infraction striking at the very heart of Article 21. 16.4. Article 21 of the Constitution of India, which guarantees the right to life and personal liberty, has been interpreted … longer confined to mere animal existence; it embraces within its fold the rights to dignity, health, shelter, privacy, and humane treatment, with heightened protection for the most vulnerable groups. In Francis Coralie Mullin v. Administrator, Union Territory
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India19 Oct 2023Full text
2023 INSC 934 · [2023] 14 S.C.R. 959
Vahini v. Union of India8, that the right to choose a partner is a fundamental right under Article 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India. In the celebrated case, Shafi n Jahan v. Asokan K.M.9 it was … marriage lies within the exclusive domain of each individual. Intimacies of marriage lie within a core zone of privacy, which is inviolable.” In S. Khushboo v. Kanniammal10, this Court observed
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India19 Aug 2019Full text
2019 INSC 915 · [2019] 12 S.C.R. 1011
clash of two Fundamental Rights, as in the instant case, namely, the appellant’s right to privacy as part of right to life and Ms ‘Y’s right to lead a 25K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India … SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2019] 12 S.C.R. A healthy life which is her Fundamental Right under Article 21, the right which would advance the public morality or public interest, would alone be enforced through the process of court, for
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India10 Mar 2022Full text
2022 INSC 287 · [2022] 12 S.C.R. 591
the process that constitutional values which underlie Articles 14, 15 and 16 and Article 21 are duly protected – Service Law. Constitution of India – Art. 21 – Preservation of family Life – B Held: State while formulating a policy for its … importance of protecting family life as an element of the dignity of the person and a postulate of privacy because preservation of family life is an incident of Art.21 – Service Law
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