Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.

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gptkbp:category Landmark decision
Constitutional law case
gptkbp:citation (2017) 10 SCC 1
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:date 24 August 2017
gptkbp:effect Strengthened data protection jurisprudence in India
Impacted Aadhaar scheme and related laws
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
gptkbp:judge gptkb:A._M._Sapre
gptkb:J._Chelameswar
gptkb:J._S._Khehar
gptkb:R._F._Nariman
gptkb:R._K._Agrawal
gptkb:S._A._Bobde
gptkb:Sanjay_Kishan_Kaul
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
gptkb:D._Y._Chandrachud
gptkb:S._Abdul_Nazeer
gptkbp:numberOfIssues Right to privacy under the Constitution of India
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Kharak_Singh_v._State_of_Uttar_Pradesh
gptkb:M.P._Sharma_v._Satish_Chandra
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:K._S._Puttaswamy
gptkbp:powers 9 judges
gptkbp:principle Right to privacy is intrinsic to right to life and personal liberty under Article 21
Right to privacy is part of freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Aadhaar
gptkbp:response gptkb:Union_of_India
gptkbp:verdict Right to privacy is a fundamental right
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Puttaswamy_v._Union_of_India
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6