Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 559 · Decided 11 August 2015
Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (RETD.) &another v. Union of India & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 559 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 99
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 494/2012
- Decided
- 11 August 2015
- Bench
- JASTI CHELAMESWAR, S.A. BOBDE, C. NAGAPPAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Matter referred to larger bench
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 32
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950-Art.21- Right to privacy- c Aadhaar Card Scheme - Collection of biometric data - Writ petition on the ground that the very collection of biometric data for the "Aadhar Card Scheme" is violative of the "right to privacy" u/Art.21 - Plea that in view benches of Supreme Court in M.P. Sharma and Kharak D Singh, the legal position regarding the existence of the fundamental right to privacy is doubtful - Held: The cases on hand raise far reaching questions of importance involving interpretation of the Constitution - At the same time, the
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