(Jagdish Singh Khehar, C.J. and J. Chelameswar, S.A. Bobde, D.Y. Chandrachud and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ.)
Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd) and Anr. _______________ Petitioner(s)
v.
Union of India and Ors. ___________________________ Respondent(s)
Writ Petition (C) No. 494 of 2012, decided on July 18, 2017
With
Conmt. Pet.(C) No. 144/2014 In W.P.(C) No. 494/2012, W.P.(C) No. 220/2015, T.P.(C) No. 313/2014, T.P.(C) No. 312/2014, SLP(Crl) No. 2524/2014, Conmt. Pet.(C) No. 844/2017 in W.P.(C) No. 494/2012, Conmt. Pet.(C) No. 674/2015 in W.P.(C) No. 829/2013, T.P.(C) No. 921/2015, Conmt. Pet.(C) No. 470/2015 in W.P.(C) No. 494/2012, Conmt. Pet.(C) No. 444/2016 in W.P.(C) No. 494/2012, W.P.(C) No. 833/2013, Conmt. Pet.(C) No. 608/2016 in W.P.(C) No. 494/2012, W.P.(C) No. 797/2016, W.P.(C) No. 829/2013, T.P.(C) No. 1797/2013, W.P.(C) No. 932/2013, W.P.(C) No. 37/2015, T.C.(C) No. 151/2013, T.C.(C) No. 152/2013, T.P.(C) No. 1796/2013 and W.P.(C) No. 372/2017
The Order of the court was delivered by
Order
1. During the course of the hearing today, it seems that it has become essential for us to determine whether there is any fundamental right of privacy under the Indian Constitution. The determination of this question would essentially entail whether the decision recorded by this Court in M.P. Sharma v. Satish Chandra, District Magistrate, Delhi – 1950 SCR 1077 by an eight-Judge Constitution Bench, and also, in Kharak Singh v. The State of U.P. – 1962 (1) SCR 332 by a six-Judge Constitution Bench, that there is no such fundamental right, is the correct expression of the constitutional position.
2. Before dealing with the matter any further, we are of the view that the issue noticed hereinabove deserves to be placed before the nine-Judge Constitution Bench. List these matters before the Nine-Judge Constitution Bench on 19.07.2017.
3. Liberty is granted to the learned counsel appearing for the rival parties to submit their written briefs in the meantime.
Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).494/2012
Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd) and Anr ________________ Petitioner(s)
v.
Union of India and Ors ____________________________ Respondent(s)
WITH CONMT. PET.(C) No. 144/2014 In W.P.(C) No. 494/2012 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No. 220/2015 (PIL-W)
T.P.(C) No. 313/2014 (XVI-A)
T.P.(C) No. 312/2014 (XVI-A)
SLP(Crl) No. 2524/2014 (II-A)
CONMT. PET.(C) No. 844/2017 In W.P.(C) No. 494/2012 (PIL-W)
CONMT. PET.(C) No. 674/2015 In W.P.(C) No. 829/2013 (PIL-W)
T.P.(C) No. 921/2015 (XVI-A)
CONMT. PET.(C) No. 470/2015 In W.P.(C) No. 494/2012 (PIL-W)
CONMT. PET.(C) No. 444/2016 In W.P.(C) No. 494/2012 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No. 833/2013 (PIL-W)
CONMT. PET.(C) No. 608/2016 In W.P.(C) No. 494/2012 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No. 797/2016 (PIL-W)
(FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 4/2016
FOR [DIRECTIONS] ON IA 5/2017 FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 6/2017)
W.P.(C) No. 829/2013 (PIL-W)
T.P.(C) No. 1797/2013 (XVI-A)
W.P.(C) No. 932/2013 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No. 37/2015 (PIL-W)
T.C.(C) No. 151/2013 (XVI-A)
T.C.(C) No. 152/2013 (XVI-A)
T.P.(C) No. 1796/2013 (XVI-A)
W.P.(C) No. 372/2017 (X)
Date : 18-07-2017 This petition was called on for hearing today.
(Before Jagdish Singh Khehar, C.J. and J. Chelameswar, S.A. Bobde, D.Y. Chandrachud and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ.)
Counsel for the parties
Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Vipin Nair, AOR
Mr. P.B. Suresh, Adv.
Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. S. Prasanna, Adv.
Ms. Samiksha Godiyal, Adv.
Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv.
Mr. Govind Manoharan, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, AOR
M/s. K.J. John And Co, AOR
Mr. J.M. Kalia, Adv.
Mr. D. S. Mahra, AOR
Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR
Ms. Neha Rathi, Adv.
Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, Adv.
Dr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR
Mr. Ravindra Lokhande, Adv.
Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR
Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR
Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, AOR
Mr. Chandra Shekhar Suman, Adv.
Mr. R.K. Rajwanshi, Adv.
Mrs. Rita Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Priyanka Parida, Adv.
Ms. Deepshikha Bharati, Adv.
Mr. Lalit Bhasin, Adv.
Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Mudit Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Subramanian, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, AOR
Mr. Talha Abdul Rehman, Adv.
Mr. Jaideep Singh, Adv.
Mr. Ankur Kashyap, Adv.
Mr. Prateek Chadha, Adv.
Ms. Radhika Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Aravind Datar, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Geetha Kovilan, AOR
Mr. P.R. Kovilan, Adv.
Mr. M.K. Aswathi, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Narayan, AOR
Mr. Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, AOR
Mr. Chitta Ranjan Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv.
Mr. D.P. Singh Yadav, Adv.
Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG
Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG
Mr. Zoheb Hossain, AOR
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv.
Ms. Shraddha, Adv.
Mr. Acharya Sengupta, Adv.
Ms. Devika, Adv.
Mr. Sajan Poovayya, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Priyadarshi Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Pratibhanu S. Kharola, Adv.
For Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR
Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR
Ms. Vimla Sinha, Adv.
Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR
Mr. Dinkar Kalra, AOR
Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. H. S. Parihar, AOR
Mr. K.S. Parihar, Adv.
Mr. K. Ramamoorthy, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Dipak K. Nag, Adv.
Mr. Sanjiv Das, Adv.
Mr. Parmanand Gaur, Adv.
Mr. Kalyan Bandopadhyay, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Soumitra G. Chaudhuri, Adv.
Mr. Chanchal K. Ganguli, Adv.
Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR
Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR
Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR
Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv.
Ms. Savita Singh, AOR
Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR
Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR
Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv.
Ms. Mansi Kapur, Adv.
Ms. Shubhra Kapur, Adv.
Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Adv.
Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR
Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR
Mr./Ms. Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR
Mr. Prabhu Ramasubramanian, Adv.
Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR
Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR
Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR
Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR
Mr. Manish Vashishtha, AOR
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
Mr. Anil Grover, AAG
Mr. Mishal Vij, Adv.
Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, AAG
Mr. Lalit Mohapatra, Adv.
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR
Mr. S. Mukerjee, Adv.
Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR
Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv.
Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.
Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.
Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv.
Mr. Amit Arora, Adv.
For M/s. Arputham Aruna & Co, AOR
Mr. J.S. Attri, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR
Mr. Chandra Nand Jha, Adv.
M/s. Corporate Law Group, AOR
Mr. Jugal Kishore Gilda, AG
Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR
Mr. Charudatta Mahindrakar, Adv.
Mr. A. Selvin Raja, Adv.
Mr. A.M. Oza, Adv.
Mr. Chirag Jain, Adv.
Mr. Garvesh Kabra, AOR
Mr. Arjun Khera, Adv.
Mr. Sahil Khanna, Adv.
Mr. Harish Pandey, AOR
Mr. R. Sudhinder, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR
Ms. Amrita Sarkar, Adv.
Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR
Mr. Anip Sachthey, AOR
Mr. Rakesh Diwedi, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv.
Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Prasanna S., Adv.
Ms. Pripti Tandon, Adv.
Ms. Lorainne Misquita, Adv.
Mr. Suraj Sanap, Adv.
Ms. Priyam Cheriyan, Adv.
Ms. Srinidih Rao, Adv.
Mr. Vijayant Singh, Adv.
Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Nipun Saxena, Adv.
Mr. Anando Mukherjee, Adv.
Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR
Applicant-in-person, AOR
Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR
Mr. Wills Mathews, Adv.
For Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR
Mr. Sapam Biswajit Meitei, Adv.
Mr. Naresh Kumar Gaur, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.
Mrs. G. Indira, Adv.
Mr. C.D. Singh, AAG
Ms. Shivali Chaudhary, Adv.
Ms. Sakshi Kakar, Adv.
Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv.
Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Romsha Raj, Adv.
Mr. Tapesh K. Singh, Adv.
Mr. Mohd. Waques, Adv.
Ms. Tannishtha Singh, Adv.
Ms. Ayushi Gupta, Adv.
For M/s. Meharia & Company, AOR
Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv.
Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv.
Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv.
Mr. Julien George, Adv.
Mr. Arjun Ranganathan, Adv.
Mr. Yatin Garg, Adv.
Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Adv.
Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv.
Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Adv.
Mr. Anu K. Joy, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
Order
4. List these matters before the Nine-Judge Constitution Bench on 19.07.2017, in terms of the signed order.
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