In Brief
This judgment concerns whether the Indian Constitution guarantees a fundamental right to privacy. A five-judge bench referred the matter to a nine-judge Constitution Bench, recognizing that the question requires reconsideration of prior precedents from 1950 and 1962 that had rejected privacy as a fundamental right. The court allowed counsel to submit written briefs pending the Constitution Bench hearing, setting the stage for a landmark reexamination of privacy rights in Indian constitutional law.
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