As per the information given by the reports, the Supreme Court’s nine-judge Bench, in a combined judgment today declared that Right to Privacy is a fundamental right.

According to the reports, the apex court said that privacy is protected under Article 21 and Part 3 of the Constitution.

The Supreme Court, according to reports, overruled the M P Sharma (1962) and Kharak Singh (1954) judgments and held the Right to Privacy as a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution.

The verdict was given as soon as the nine-judge Constitution Bench of the apex court resumed the hearing on the case on Thursday morning. Following this, a five-judge constitutional Bench will decide whether Aadhaar violates the Right to Privacy or not, the news agency added.

The nine-judge Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice J Chelameswar, Justice S A Bobde, Justice R K Agrawal, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre, Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, and Justice S Abdul Nazeer had reserved the verdict on August 2 after hearing the matter for two weeks.

The hearing had commenced on July 19 and concluded on August 2.