[Marxistindia] Welcome Verdict of Supreme Court on Privacy

[news from the cpi(m)]

August 24, 2017



Press Statement


The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:



Welcome Supreme Court Verdict on Privacy


The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) welcomes the Supreme Court verdict that the
right to privacy is a fundamental right protected under Article 21 of the
Indian Constitution. In an unanimous decision the nine-member Constitution
Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India overruled the earlier
judgements on this issue in the M P Sharma and Kharak Singh case that held
that right to privacy is not a fundamental right.

This landmark judgment should pave the way to protect, in this world of
technology advance dominated by corporates, misuse of private data and
infringing upon the privacy of individuals.

A separate five-member bench will decide on the issue of mandatory Aaadhar
that this government is pushing through.