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SC begins hearing on question whether privacy is fundamental right

The Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced hearing on the question of whether right to privacy is a fundamental right —…

SC begins hearing on question whether privacy is fundamental right

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced hearing on the question of whether right to privacy is a fundamental right — a question pivotal to the challenge to the validity of the Aadhaar scheme.

A nine judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar will examine the nature of privacy as a right in context of two judgments of 1954 and 1962 which had held that right to privacy was not a fundamental right.

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Besides, Chief Justice Khehar, the other judges on the bench are Justices J Chelameswar, SA Bobde, RK Agrawal , Rohinton Fali Nariman, Abhay Manohar Sapre, DY Chandrachud, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and S Abdul Nazeer.

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