Authority: Supreme Court of India

Date: 08/24/2017

Subject: The decision of the Supreme Court of India’s, making a comparative analysis of international jurisprudence, including that of the Courts of Strasbourg and Luxembourg, has established that the right to privacy is constitutionally protected as an integral part of the right to life and personal freedom under article 21 of the Constitution, and of the liberties guaranteed under Part III of the same

Parties: Justice K S Puttaswamy (Retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and ors.

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 8 Personal data: fairly processing - Personal data: consent - Personal data: access

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