SECURING THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AGAINST THE STATE SURVEILLANCE

Abstract

This research paper gives an overview on right to privacy as a fundamental and human right of every citizen and the important aspects are being covered subject to restrictions imposed by state. Privacy as a fundamental right has been upheld by the apex court of the nation and the activities of state which violates this essential and basic right needs to be considered by the judiciary under their power of judicial review and judicial activism Data in today’s society is used by the Big Tech companies to make millions of dollar and this trade of data undermines the basic right of citizens who do not want their nasty algorithm to affect the privacy of citizens. A number of cases has been heard by judiciary and the landmark judgments have provided for protection of right to privacy. Article 21 of Indian constitution has a very wide scope and the intent of the framers of the constitution when they framed this article was not to limit its applicability to life and liberty but also cover various other facets of it. This paper will further provide a comprehensive analysis on right to privacy in India.