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A citizen challenges a government measure that collects and profiles his personal data, contending it violates his RIGHT TO PRIVACY. Following the nine-Judge Bench decision in K.S. Puttaswamy
v. Union of India, the correct legal position is:

Q: Answer-A citizen challenges a government measure that collects and profiles his personal data, contending i...

The nine-Judge Bench in K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India 2017 unanimously held that the RIGHT TO PRIVACY is a FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT guaranteed by the Constitution, resting primarily on Article 21 right to life and personal liberty and the other guarantees of Part III as an intrinsic facet. It is, however, NOT an absolute right and is subject to reasonable restrictions grounded in a legitimate State aim, necessity and proportionality the framework developed by the Court for privacy-limiting measures. This also underpins the constitutional framing of the Aadhaardata-protection debates and informs the DPDP Act. Puttaswamy is the watershed Indian authority on privacy.

A Privacy is protected only by statute, never by the Constitution

B The right to privacy is a FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT under the Constitution, flowing from Article 21 and the guarantees of Part III, and is not an absolute right, being subject to reasonable State regulation

C The right to privacy exists only as a common-law right, not a constitutional one

D Privacy is not a right at all

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