Phone Location Details Of An Accused In Court Violates Right To Privacy: High Court
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The High Court said that this violates the fundamental right to privacy of the third party who is allegedly the paramour of the wife in the matrimonial dispute.
The High Court of Karnataka has disallowed a Family Court's order to a mobile service provider to submit the call details and mobile tower details of a third party in a matrimonial case between a couple.
The High Court said that this violates the fundamental right to privacy of the third party who is allegedly the paramour of the wife in the matrimonial dispute.
Allowing the petition field by the 'third party', the court said, "In the case at hand, tower details of the petitioner is permitted to be taken and produced. It is for the first time, the petitioner comes into the picture merely on an allegation of illicit relationship. He is a third party to these proceedings. Third party's privacy cannot be permitted to be violated on the specious plea of the husband that he wants to prove illicit relationship between the petitioner and the wife."
Elaborating on the rights of the private individual, Justice M Nagaprasanna in his recent judgement said, "It is trite that right to privacy is implicit in the right to life and liberty guaranteed to the citizens of the country under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. It is a right to be 'let alone."
