Recording Wife’s Calls Without Consent Breaches fundamental right to privacy

Neha Vs Vibhor Garg (Punjab and Haryana High Court) In a significant judgment, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has disallowed a husband from submitting a Compact Disc (CD) containing surreptitiously recorded conversations with his wife as evidence in a divorce petition. The Court ruled that such recordings, made without the wife’s knowledge or consent, constitute a violation of her fundamental right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The decision, which disposes of two connected revision petitions (CR No. 1616 of 2020 filed by the wife and CR No. 2538 of 2020 fil...