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2022 Supreme(AP) 1435

D. V. S. S. SOMAYAJULU
Marella Ramanjaneyulu @ Vijay – Appellant
Versus
State of A. P. , Secretary to Government, Home Department, Hyderabad – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioners: R. Ramanjaneyulu, Mr. Raja Reddy Koneti, Mr. K.S. Murthy, Senior counsel, Mr. O. Manohar Reddy, Senior Counsel, Mr. V.V. Satish, Mr. G. Ramgopal, Mr. P.S.P. Suresh Kumar, Mr. A.K. Kishore Reddy, Mr. R. Ramnjaneyulu, Mr. Thota Ramakoteswara Rao, Mr. G. Rajkumar, Mr. P.B. Vijay Kumar, Mr. N. Chandra Sekhar Reddy, Mr. N. Siva Reddy, Mr. Peeta Raman, Mr. Ch. Venkata Raman, Mr. B.V. Anjaneyulu, Mr. C. Raghu, Mr. Harinath Reddy Soma, Mr. Sivaprasad Reddy Venati, Mr. C. Subodh, Mr. Challa Gunaranjan, Mr. Manoj Kumar Bethapudi, Mr. Jada Sravan Kumar, Mr. Ch. Bhanu Prasad, Mr. G. Eswaraiah, Mr. Kolluri Arjun Chowdary, Mrs. Nimmagadda Revathi, Mr. Harishkumar Rasineni, Mr. Posani Venkateswarulu, Mr. K. Sreedhar Murthy, Dr. Majji Suri Babu, Mr. K.M. Krishna Reddy, Mr. Karumanchi Indraneel Babu, Mr. D.S.N.V. Prasad Babu.

Table of Content
1. introduction of the concept of reasonable restriction. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. overview of arguments presented by petitioners. (Para 4 , 5 , 6)
3. legal basis for privacy rights and procedural safeguards. (Para 8 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13)
4. judicial history surrounding the right to privacy. (Para 14 , 15 , 16)
5. need for statutory framework to validate surveillance. (Para 40 , 41 , 42 , 43)
6. final judgment and conclusions drawn by the court. (Para 44 , 45 , 46)

ORDER :

“Your freedom ends where my nose begins.”

A man is walking on a busy crowded street swinging his arms with gay abandon, when somebody stopped him. He said “I have my freedom and these are my arms”. An elderly gentleman told him that by swinging your arms you cannot hit me on my face - “Your freedom, therefore, ends where my nose begins”. This is how the concept of reasonable restriction was planted in our mind at a young age.

2. The question that arises in these cases is similar and has been pending before the Indian Judiciary for years. The opening remarks made in 1981 in Malak Singh and Others v State of P&H and Others, (1981) 1 SCC 420 = AIR 1981 SC 760 by Justice O. Chinnappa Reddy are as follows :

    “To what e

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