Supreme Court of India

Umesh Kumar v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr

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Bench Dr. S.S. Chauhan and S.A. Bobde JJ.

Decided 6 September 2013

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From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950 - Art.21 - Right to life - Right to reputation - Held: Reputation is a sort of right to enjoy the good opinion of others and it is a personal right and an enquiry to reputation is a personal injury - Personal rights of a human being include the right of reputation - good reputation is an element of personal security and is protected by the Constitution equally with the right to enjoyment of life, liberty and property.

Authorities it was built on

1986 Sheo Nandan Paswan v. State of Bihar & Ors. cited by 17
2012 Vishwanath S/o Sitaram Agrawal v. Sau. Sarla Vishwanath Agrawal cited by 17
1972 R. M. Malkani v. State of Maharashtra cited by 14
2004 State of Andhra Pradesh v. Goloconda Linga Swamy and Anr. cited by 11
2012 Kishore Samrite v. State of U.P. & Ors. cited by 9
1967 Yusufalli Esmail Nagree v. The State of Maharashtra cited by 7
1970 Magraj Patodia v. R. K. Birla and Ors. cited by 5
1998 Kovvuri Surya Bhaskara Reddy Etc. v. State of Andhra Pradesh Etc. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2019 Union of India v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. relied on
2018 Anand Kumar Mohatta and Anr. v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) Department of Home and Anr. relied on
2016 Ramesh Rajagopal v. Devi Polymers Private Limited relied on
2018 Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association & Anr. v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2018 Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v. Union of India Thr. Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice referred to
2016 Anant Prakash Sinha @ Anant Sinha v. State of Haryana & Anr. referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 3 referred to

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