Supreme Court verdict on right to privacy: Mamata Banerjee welcomes apex court order

Kolkata: Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling on right to privacy. [caption id=“attachment_3968811” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Mamata Banerjee. PTI[/caption] “We welcome this verdict by Honourable Supreme Court RightToPrivacy is a Fundamental Right,” she said in a tweet. In a landmark decision that will affect the lives of all Indians, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that right to privacy was a Fundamental right under the Constitution. A nine-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar ruled that “right to privacy is an intrinsic part of Right to Life and Personal Liberty under Article 21 and entire Part III of the Constitution”.