Right to privacy in India: existence, scope & challenges

Thesis

This thesis examines the constitutional right to privacy in India. It focusses on five main themes: (i) the theoretical conception of privacy that has been expounded by the Indian Supreme Court; (ii) the Supreme Court’s reasoning in support of reading privacy — an unenumerated right — into the Indian Constitution; (iii) the classification of privacy into sub-rights or clusters of rights; (iv) whether privacy is guaranteed against the State, or private persons, or both; and (v) the standard...

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Authors: Kamil, M

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-prexqemkn
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Aadhaar; standard of review; horizontality; India; Indian Constitution; privacy
• Subjects: Constitutional law--India; Privacy, Right of