Jammu, Aug. 9 -- Share Tweet Share By Ashok Bhan A Constitution is truly alive when its guarantees remain meaningful not only to the generation that framed it, but also to generations that inherit it. Few provisions demonstrate this better than Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Its language is deceptively simple: "No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law." Yet behind these words lies one of the most remarkable journeys in Indian constitutional law. Article 21 has travelled from a narrow protection against physical deprivation to a comprehensive constitutional guarantee of life, liberty, dignity, privacy, autonomy and human choice. The journey began with the Supreme...