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9-judge SC bench reserves verdict on whether privacy right is fundamental
The bench, which also comprised justices J Chelameswar, SA Bobde, RK Agrawal, R F Nariman, AM Sapre, DY Chandrachud, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and S Abdul Nazeer, said that there has to be an \"overarching\" or all-embracing guideline to ensure that the private information of individuals, put in public domain, was used only for an intended purpose.
The Supreme Court's nine-judge Constitution bench on Wednesday reserved its judgement over the issue whether right to privacy is fundamental or not.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that there have to be "overarching" guidelines to protect an individual's private information in public domain to ensure that it was used only for an intended purpose.
A nine-judge Constitution bench, dealing with the contentious issue whether right to privacy was a fundamental right, rejected plea of a Gujarat government lawyer that misuse of personal information could be dealt with on a "case-to-case basis" and said an all-embracing guideline was needed keeping in mind the size of the population.
The bench, headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar, also referred to the fact that India was a signatory of a 1948 international convention which recognised privacy as a human right.
The bench, which also comprised justices J Chelameswar, SA Bobde, RK Agrawal, R F Nariman, AM Sapre, DY Chandrachud, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and S Abdul Nazeer, said that there has to be an "overarching" or all-embracing guideline to ensure that the private information of individuals, put in public domain, was used only for an intended purpose.
