\u2705 1. Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Anr. v. Union of India (2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Case No.: Writ Petition (Civil) No. 494 of 2012
Citation: (2017) 10 SCC 1
Bench: 9-Judge Constitution Bench
Holding: Fundamental Right to Privacy = Part of Article 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the landmark privacy judgement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2705 2. K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India (Aadhaar Judgement \u2013 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Case No.: Writ Petition (Civil) No. 842 of 2017 & connected petitions
Bench: 5-Judge Constitution Bench
Citation: (2019) 1 SCC 1
Holding: Aadhaar upheld with restrictions; struck down private-sector use under Section 57.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the Aadhaar\u2013privacy constitutionality judgement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2705 3. Earlier privacy cases overruled in Puttaswamy (2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These were explicitly overruled:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\udd39 M.P. Sharma v. Satish Chandra (1954)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Citation: AIR 1954 SC 300
Held: No fundamental right to privacy.
Status: Overruled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\udd39 Kharak Singh v. State of UP (1962)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Citation: AIR 1963 SC 1295
Held: Article 21 does not include privacy.
Status: Overruled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\udccc 4. After Puttaswamy (Right to Privacy applied in multiple cases)
\ud83d\udd39 Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Citation: (2018) 10 SCC 1
Privacy used as foundation to strike down Section 377 IPC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\udd39 Joseph Shine v. Union of India (2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Citation: (2019) 3 SCC 39
Adultery law struck down; privacy + autonomy invoked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\udd39 Common Cause v. Union of India (2018) \u2013 Right to Die with Dignity<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Citation: (2018) 5 SCC 1
Privacy + bodily autonomy used for Advance Directives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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