SC's Right to Privacy ruling does more for Indians than we had hoped for

Supreme Court has recognised privacy as a basic fundamental right but it did not hold that the right to privacy is absolute. This writer decodes the judgment and its implications. 

The Supreme Court on Thursday held "privacy with its attendant values assures dignity to the individual and it is only when life can be enjoyed with dignity can liberty be of true substance."

There could not have been a clearer endorsement of the value accorded to privacy by the judiciary.

The Supreme Court has done more for Indians in its judgment on privacy which was released yesterday than many