What is the leading decision in the case of Menaka Gandhi v. Union of India?
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Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India (1978) is the landmark case where the SC held that the right to life under Article 21 includes the right to live with dignity, and that the procedure depriving a person of life/liberty must be 'fair, just and reasonable' — not merely any procedure established by law.
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