Right to Privacy a fundamental right, rules Supreme Court

In a unanimous judgment, the SC ruled that privacy is protected under Article 21 of the Constitution

The Supreme Court's nine-judge Bench, in a unanimous judgment on Thursday, upheld the Right to Privacy as a fundamental right, reported news agency ANI.

According to LiveLawIndia, the apex court said that privacy is protected under Article 21 and Part 3 of the Constitution.

The Supreme Court, according to ANI, overruled the M P Sharma (1962) and Kharak Singh (1954) judgments and held the Right to Privacy as a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution.

The verdict was given as soon as the nine-judge Constitution Bench of the apex court resumed the hearing on the case on