Leave Privacy Alone, 14 August 2024
Scope and Contents
The Upendra Baxi Collection is a digital collection that currently comprises a single series, Bibliography. This series is organised into several subseries, including Published Academic Articles, Published Book Chapters, Published Books, Published Book Reviews, Published Lectures and Presentations from Conferences and Seminars, Newspaper Articles, Letters and Correspondence (Mathura Rape Case), Other Media, and Media Articles by Others on the Mathura Rape Case.
Dates
- Publication: 14 August 2024
Creator
- Upendra Baxi (Author, Person)
- Sharunya (Archives Intern, Person)
- Meghashree Dev (Processing Archivist, Person)
Full Extent
From the Collection: 250 Megabytes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The article examines the evolving constitutional meaning of the Right to Privacy (R2P) after Puttaswamy, treating it as a “tentacular” right permeating all aspects of life. It analyses a recent Madras High Court decision extending privacy to spiritual orientation, permitting a contested Hindu ritual as part of religious freedom and personal dignity. While applauding the affirmation of autonomy and secularism, the piece raises jurisprudential concerns about judicial notice, essential religious practices, waiver of fundamental rights, and the uneasy overlap between privacy, dignity, and life. It cautions against uncritical expansion of R2P without rigorous evidentiary and constitutional scrutiny. In India Legal.
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the NLS Law and Society Archives Repository