The Implications of India's Right to Privacy Decision

This article is summarizes on the attempt to reflect the concept of judgments on the right to privacy in India. The Supreme Court has propounded that in order to tend a right as a fundamental right it is not necessary that it should be expressly stated in the constitution as a fundamental right. Right to Privacy is one amongst such right which has emanated after widening up the area of Article 21. Nonetheless, such a right has been guaranteed by the Supreme Court under Article 21 and several other provisions of the constitution read with the Directive Principles of State Policy. The researcher has discussed various judgments on the right to privacy. During the article, varying approaches in setting boundaries for privacy laws are analyzed and improvements suggested. Moreover, the privacy challenges formed in the online world are addressed and current developments highlighted.