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"...once a civilization has made a distinction between the 'outer' and the 'inner' man...it becomes impossible to avoid the idea of privacy by whatever name it may be called - the idea of a 'private space in which man may become and remain himself'... "

(iii) The above having been said, one has to broadly advert to the likely consequences of Rowdy/History Sheeting: Senior Advocates, Mr. Sandesh Chouta & Mr. Prasanna Kumar rightly submitted that the registration of an individual in Rowdy/History Sheets results into curtailment of his rights & liberties, or at least it has such a potential. Registration assumes relevance in matters relating to police surveillance, externment orders, preventive detention, parading of shady characters, requisition for weapon deposit, verification of credentials for private & public employment, furnishing of inputs to lending agencies & banks, discreet information for marriage & business alliances. Human mind being what it is, entries in the Rowdy Register/History Sheets may play as inarticulate factors, albeit in varying degrees, with the decision makers. In a world of expanding transparency, there is enormous public gaze & scrutiny of all State actions. Even classified information somehow leaks to the public domain, playing havoc with the privacy & autonomy of individuals. These entries also pose a threat to their reputation, that enjoys constitutional protection under the umbrella of Article 21 vide SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY vs. UNION OF INDIA48. An individual being branded as a 'bad character/shady character', 'goonda' or 'rowdy' is viewed as an 'anti-social element'. During special occasions such as elections, festivals, social/political events, visits of Constitutional/Foreign dignitaries, social turmoil or the like, their activities are put under acute scanner. Police surveillance per se casts social stigma that may mar the political career of the individual concerned. This is where some mechanism/framework has to be devised to minimize the damage potential in the light of privacy jurisprudence as developed in K.S. PUTTASWAMY, supra.