Important Legal Definitions

Decisions of superior courts from common law jurisdictions (UK, USA, Canada, Australia) cited as persuasive, non-binding external authorities to interpret analogous statutory provisions or constitutional concepts.

In Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India, the Supreme Court surveyed jurisprudence from the US Supreme Court, the European Court of Human Rights, and English courts to formulate the right to privacy under Article 21.