Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 374 · Decided 21 September 1998
MR.'X' v. Hospital Z
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 374 · [1998] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 723
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4641/1998
- Decided
- 21 September 1998
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, B.N. KIRPAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 269, 27; Constitution
Headnote
Constitution of India-A11 21-Right to Privacy-Is pmt of 1ight to life-Person suffeling from AlDS-Disclosure of-To save the life of another person disclosure-Not violative of Art 21-Clash of two fundamental 1ights-Which of the two would prevail-Held, Right to P1ivacy is not absolute and may be and freedom of others-Right to Life includes the right to lead a healthy life and the light to infonnation about the ftuther spouse-Where there is a clash of two Fundamental Rights, the right which would advance the public morality or public interest, would alone be enforceable through the process
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