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Courts & Case Law
K.S. Puttaswamy v Union of India — High Court / Supreme Court
Right to privacy · 2017-08-24
Key facts
- Entity
- K.S. Puttaswamy v Union of India
- Authority
- High Court, Supreme Court of India
- Date
- 2017-08-24
- Sector
- Government
- Legal provision
- Constitution Art. 21
- Penalty
- Landmark judgment
- Outcome
- Adjudication Order Issued
- Violation
- Right to privacy
What happened
A nine-judge Supreme Court bench unanimously held privacy to be a fundamental right, laying the constitutional foundation for India's data-protection regime.
Sources & provenance
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Record ID: IND-SC-001 · updated 2026-09-20