K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India

Supreme Court of India(2017) 10 SCC 1

Bench: CJ J.S. Khehar,J. Chelameswar,S.A. Bobde,R.K. Agrawal,R.F. Nariman,A.M. Sapre,D.Y. Chandrachud,S.K. Kaul,S. Abdul Nazeer

Related sections: Article 14, Article 19, Article 21

The Court held that privacy is an inalienable natural right intrinsic to liberty and dignity. It permeates Articles 14 19 and 21. M.P. Sharma did not decide privacy; Kharak Singh to the extent it denied privacy was wrongly decided. Privacy includes informational privacy