Correct answer: (d) Article 21
Explanation
- A
Article 15
Article 15. Equality on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth — not the privacy holding.
- B
Article 16
Article 16. Equality of opportunity in public employment.
- C
Article 19
Article 19. The six freedoms; privacy was not parked here as the parent right.
- D
Article 21
Article 21. Puttaswamy (2017) locates privacy in life and personal liberty.
Summary. Official key is (d) Article 21. In K.S. Puttaswamy the nine-judge Bench held the right to privacy to be intrinsic to Article 21. 15, 16 and 19 are neighbouring rights, not the article the Court used as the home of privacy.
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