In which of the following judgment/s was the issue of ‘right to privacy’ dealt with by the Supreme Court of India ? I. Kharak Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh Ors. (AIR 1963 SC 1295) II. PUCL v. Union of India (AIR 1997 SC 568) III. Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) Anr. v. Union of India Ors. (2017) 10 SCC 1 IV. M.P. Sharma v. Satish Chandra (AIR 1954 SC 300)
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The right to privacy has been dealt with in multiple SC judgments over the decades: (I) M.P. Sharma (1954 — denied privacy as FR), (II) Kharak Singh (1963 — partly recognized), (III) Gobind v. State of MP (1975 — recognized in limited context), (IV) K.S. Puttaswamy (2017 — definitively declared as FR). ALL four cases dealt with privacy — answer is (D).