Healthcare system in India

                      CASE STUDY - RIGHT TO PRIVACY   On 24th August 2017 in the case Justice K.S Putthaswamy v. Union of India Supreme Court held that the right to privacy is a fundamental right. This verdict was given by a 9 judge constitutional bench with a 9:0 verdict which means it was a unanimous decision with all the judges saying that article 21 should be made a fundamental right. The Supreme Court said that “the right to privacy is intrinsic to right to life and personal liberty granted under article 21 of the constitution.” About 50-60 years earlier there were 2 rulings one was an 8 judge bench judgment in the case MP Sharma v. Satish Chandra case (1954) and six judge bench judgment in Kharak Singh v. state of UP case (1962) where the appellant was being harassed by police under regulation 236(b) of the UP regulation, which permits for domiciliary, visits at night. The supreme court held that the regulation 236 is un...