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Supreme Court of India

Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 10 S.C.R. 569
Decided 24 August 2017

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51 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We hold that the First and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit making mere private possession of obscene material a crime.

Judgment, page 315

From the headnote

Constitution of India - A11.21 - Right to privacy - Privacy is a constitutionally protected right in India - The decision in M. P. Sharma which holds that the right to privacy is not protected by the Constitution stands over-ruled - The decision in Kharak Singh to c the extent that it holds that the right to privacy is not protected by the Constitution stands over-ruled - Right to privacy is protected · as an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty under Art.21 and as a part of the freedom guaranteed by Part Ill of the Constitution - Aadhar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 11 relied on · 16 followed · 23 referred to · 1 explained

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