Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1509 · Decided 18 December 1996
People's Union for Civil Liberties {pucl) v. Union of India and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1509 · [1996] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 321
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 256/1991
- Decided
- 18 December 1996
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, S. SAGHIR AHMAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 32, 19(1)(a), 21
Headnote
B Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14, 32, 19(1)(a) & (2). Right to privacy-Telephonic conversatio11 in privacy-Held : fanned part of right to privacy protected by Art. 21 and Art. 17 of International C Covenant on Civil and Political Rights->4.lso covered by freedom of speech and Act amounted to infraction of Fundamental Rights-Therefore, it could be resorted to only in accordance with procedure established by law which must be just, fair and reasonable-Should also be within reasonable restriction under Art. 19(2)--Further, interceptio11 of telephonic messages D
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