When privacy was made supreme | The Indian Express

When privacy was made supreme | The Indian Express

Written by Apar Gupta |Updated: August 24, 2019 1:56:24 am

The writer is an advocate practising in Delhi.

When privacy was made supreme

Two years after historic SC judgment, its promise has not been fully realised.

Though two years is not a fair measure of time in the life of a constitutional judgment, it does provide perspective on early beginnings that may set its future course. (File)

The month of August marks a momentous event in the story of our nationhood as we celebrate our independence from colonial rule. The very basis was a constitutional choice, which civil rights lawyer K G Kannabiran put it as the “termination of imposed suzerainty”. Two years ago, this sentiment seemed to be achieved with the historic decision of the Supreme Court in the Puttaswamy Privacy case, in which nine judges unanimously affirmed the fundamental right to privacy. This newspaper reported the apex court’s decision on the front page with the electric headline — Privacy Supreme.