Opposite view

Right to privacy must be preserved

With reference to the editorial, “Privacy by choice” (July 28), there is an imminent need for a clear stand by the government on the issue of citizens’ right to privacy. It’s strange that the Attorney General thought it wise to express polar opposite views in two different cases in the Supreme Court on whether right to privacy is a fundamental right. 

He tried to justify his inconsistent stand by arguing that “even if it (right to privacy) is assumed to be a fundamental right, it is multifaceted”. Can he take such a polar opposite stand to “suit” the government, more so