The Indian Constitution does not guarantee the right to privacy as a fundamental right. However, the Supreme Court, in two recent rulings, has included the right to privacy within the ambit of the fundamental right to 'personal liberty' as embodied in Article 21. It would be interesting to watch how the apex court enlarges the scope of this right for the cases it will decide in the future.
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