Bangladesh, July 10 -- India's Supreme Court has ruled that a spouse accused of adultery cannot use the constitutional right to privacy to withhold call records and hotel-stay details if those records are needed as evidence in a divorce case.
The court said the right to privacy under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution is not absolute and may be subject to reasonable restrictions when required in the interest of justice.
The ruling came in a matrimonial dispute where a husband challenged orders allowing his wife to produce his mobile call records and hotel-stay information before the court. He argued that disclosing such records would violate his fundamental right to privacy.
However, the Supreme Court upheld the Delhi High Court's dec...