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Indian Supreme Court Declares Privacy A Fundamental Right

In a milestone ruling, the nine justices unanimously declared, "Privacy is the constitutional core of human dignity."
Senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan addressing the media about the right to privacy judgment at Supreme Court Thursday in New Delhi, India.

In a milestone ruling, India's Supreme Court Thursday declared that privacy is a fundamental right for each of its 1.3 billion citizens protected under the country's constitution.

India, the world's biggest democracy, joins the United States, Canada, South Africa, the European Union and the United Kingdom in recognizing that there is such a right. In India, it could have wide-ranging implications. For example, laws that currently criminalize homosexuality could now be

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