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In which of the following judgments was the issue of ‘right to privacy’ dealt with by the Supreme Court…

All four cases dealt with privacy questions, although their conclusions and reasoning differed, so the answer is "I, II, III and IV". Justice K.S. Puttaswamy overruled the…

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In which of the following judgments was the issue of ‘right to privacy’ dealt with by the Supreme Court of India?

I. Kharak Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. (1963)
II. PUCL v. Union of India (1997)
III. Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. (2017)
IV. M.P. Sharma v. Satish Chandra (1954)

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All four cases dealt with privacy questions, although their conclusions and reasoning differed, so the answer is "I, II, III and IV". Justice K.S. Puttaswamy overruled the contrary propositions in M.P. Sharma and Kharak Singh, but inclusion in the list does not mean each case recognised the same modern right.

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