India’s Supreme Court Puts Liberty and Freedom First

‘There are moments when institutions do a democracy proud. One such moment took place August 24, when a nine-judge bench of India’s Supreme Court ruled on the right to privacy.
The verdict was unequivocal and unanimous: Privacy is a fundamental right, an integral part of the right to liberty, one of the inherent rights of humanity, not granted by statute (even the Constitution) and hence unable to be suspended or taken away.
This settles—in significant measure—jurisprudence on the question that had been hanging fire since India’s Emergency (1975-1977).’
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