In Brief
This order concerns a fundamental constitutional question: whether Indian law recognizes a right to privacy. The petitioner challenged the government over alleged privacy violations. A five-judge bench determined that resolving this issue required examining whether two prior Constitution Bench decisions—M.P. Sharma (1950) and Kharak Singh (1962)—which had held that no such right exists, correctly stated the law. The bench referred the matter to a nine-judge Constitution Bench for reconsideration, and permitted counsel to file written briefs in the interim.
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