'Right to Privacy' is protected under which Article of the Constitution of India?
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Answer: C. In Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India (2017), a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court held that the right to privacy is part of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21.
Watch for: The judgment also links privacy to Articles 14 and 19, but its core home is Article 21.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because Article 15 bans discrimination.
- B. Wrong because Article 19 covers freedoms like speech, though privacy overlaps with it.
- D. Wrong because Article 29 protects minority culture.
Source to check: Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India (2017) 10 SCC 1; Constitution of India, Article 21
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