Under which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India, has the Supreme Court of India placed the Right to Privacy ?
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Answer: D. In Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India (2017), a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court held that the right to privacy is a fundamental right, mainly part of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21, and also of the freedoms in Part III.
Watch for: Privacy is linked to free speech in debates, but the Court placed it chiefly in Article 21.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because Article 15 is about non-discrimination.
- B. Wrong because Article 16 is about equality in public employment.
- C. Wrong because the Court rooted privacy mainly in Article 21, not Article 19.
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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