Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 682 · Decided 27 October 2021
Manohar Lal Sharma v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 682 · [2021] 6 S.C.R. 1066
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 314/2021
- Decided
- 27 October 2021
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT, HIMA KOHLI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Cyber attack: Pegasus suite of spywares - Allegation of cyber attack on citizens of India/infiltration of software into individual device - Petitioners seeking independent investigation into the allegations - Held: Every citizen of India ought to of privacy - Right to privacy is directly infringed when there is surveillance or spying done on an individual, either by the State or by any external agency - Of course, if done by State, the same must be justified on constitutional grounds - In the instant matter, time
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