legal rights were broadened, the right to life had “come
to mean the right to enjoy life – the right to be let alone”. Recognizing that ... right to be let alone”.”37
The right to be let alone is a part of the right to enjoy life. The right to enjoy
question as to ‘how transparent is transparent
enough’1 under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (‘ RTI Act ’ for
short) in the context of collegium ... effective functioning of the institution. Right to
information is not an unfettered constitutional right, albeit a right
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community more meaningfully viz. the right to vote, the right to own
property, the right to marry, the right to claim a formal identity through ... must be denied of basic human rights which includes
right to life and liberty with dignity, right to privacy and
freedom of expression, right
society. According to them, Aadhaar is a serious
invasion into the right to privacy of persons and it has the
Writ Petition (Civil ... ground that it violates fundamental rights of the
innumerable citizens of India, namely, right to privacy falling
under Article 21 of the Constitution of India
rights are not “so-called”
but are real rights founded on sound constitutional
doctrine. They inhere in the right to life. They dwell in
privacy ... High Court, inter alia, observed that the right to
live with dignity and the right of privacy both are
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proper
development of the child that his or her right to
privacy and confidentiality be protected and
respected by every person by all means ... preamble, it is
manifest that it recognizes the necessity of the right
to privacy and confidentiality of a child to be
protected and respected
another v. Union of India and others32 which, while laying
down that privacy is a facet of Article 21 of the Constitution, lays
immense stress ... point of the
Constitution because it is in the realisation of
individual rights that the collective well-being of
the community is determined. Human dignity
This makes the MTP Act a
provider-centric law. Since women’s right to access abortion is conditional on the
approval ... safe and legal abortions and the actualization of
women’s fundamental right to reproductive autonomy.
21. In Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India
India21 , a nine judge Bench of this Court held that
the right to privacy ... fundamental right. The proportionality standard was used
in the context of determining the limits that could be imposed on the right to
privacy. The Constitution
introduced the proportionality
standard in determining violations of fundamental rights, particularly the right to
privacy. This doctrine was affirmed in the judgments of five ... determine the proportionality of the State’s interference in
the rights to privacy, dignity, choice and access to basic entitlements37. Hence, the
Court can adopt
