Polity · 2 Aug 2026
The landmark Supreme Court judgment that established the right to privacy as a fundamental right under Article 21, along with a proportionality test for state actions restricting it, was delivered in which of the following cases?
Tests precise case-to-doctrine matching among multiple landmark judgments that could plausibly be confused given their simultaneous presence in current affairs.
Subscribe / Login in App →A PIL challenging Delhi Police's use of facial recognition technology at the Jantar Mantar protest crackdown is currently before the Supreme Court, reviving debate on the Puttaswamy-established proportionality standard.
UPSC frequently tests correct case-to-doctrine matching among landmark judgments, especially when multiple cases in current affairs (Puttaswamy, Shreya Singhal, S.R. Chaudhuri) could be confused with one another.
The Puttaswamy judgment (2017) recognised privacy as a fundamental right under Article 21 and introduced a proportionality test now central to challenges against state surveillance technologies like facial recognition.
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