Fundamental Right

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What is intriguing is that while anti-CAA protests are regularly been denied permission, those supporting the legislation get permission, the latest being the one to be addressed by Union home minister Amit Shah. In Uttar Pradesh, the police face allegations of shooting and killing protesters, though the chief minister denies wrongdoing on the part of the police. (Photo: P. Surendra)

Right to protest fundamental

The Supreme Court, on its part, has been negotiating with the Shaheen Bagh agitators fully recognising their right to protest.

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The Supreme Court in India has established the right to privacy as a fundamental right.

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The Minister of Law and Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said the government has been of view that Right to Privacy should be fundamental right. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

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'Govt has been of view, particularly with regard to Aadhaar, that Right to Privacy should be fundamental right,' he said.

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Government has also made linking of Aadhaar with PAN compulsory. (Photo: File)

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The nine-judge bench comprising of the Chief Justice of India JS Khehar and Justices J Chelameswar, Bobde, RK Agrawal, Rohinton Nariman, AM Sapre, Chandrachud, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Nazeer, has passed the judgement on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Individual privacy a fundamental right, rules Supreme Court

The question of 'Right to Privacy' arose over making the Aadhaar scheme mandatory.

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A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will determine on Thursday if there is any fundamental “right of privacy” under the Indian Constitution. (Photo: PTI)

Right to privacy: Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on Thursday

The matter arose in furnishing of personal data and biometric information for Aadhaar card.

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The bench, which favoured 'overarching' guidelines to protect private information in public domain, said there was a need to 'maintain the core of privacy' as the notion of privacy was fast becoming irrelevant in an all-pervading technological era. (Photo: File)

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The bench, headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar, also referred to the fact that India was a signatory of a 1948 international convention which recognised privacy as a human right. (Photo: File)

All-embracing guidelines required to guard personal info, says SC

A nine-judge Constitution bench is dealing with the contentious issue whether right to privacy is a fundamental right.

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A nine-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar is hearing a plea to decide whether right to privacy is a fundamental right or not. (Photo: PTI)

Courts cannot introduce privacy as fundamental right: Maharashtra govt to SC

The state govt said the term privacy is not a definite term and it cannot be conferred a separate status of a fundamental right.

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AG K.K. Venugopal told SC that right to privacy is a fundamental right but it is a wholly qualified right. (Photo: PTI/File)

Privacy a fundamental right, but it is wholly qualified one: Centre to SC

The Supreme Court set up a nine-judge bench last week to decide whether right to privacy can be declared as a fundamental right.

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