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The right to privacy case, Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India (2017), was decided by how…

The right to privacy case, Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India, decided on 24 August 2017, was heard by "9 Judges", who unanimously held privacy to be a…

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The right to privacy case, Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India (2017), was decided by how many judges?

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The right to privacy case, Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India, decided on 24 August 2017, was heard by "9 Judges", who unanimously held privacy to be a fundamental right protected by Article 21 and Part III of the Constitution. The 2018 decision in the same litigation on the validity of the Aadhaar Act was given by five judges, and seven and eleven are not the bench sizes in either decision.

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