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3 Jus Corpus L.J. 585 (2022-2023)
New Dimensions of Article 21: Impact of Maneka Gandhi's Case

handle is hein.journals/juscrp3 and id is 1485 raw text is: Jus Corpus Law Journal Open Access Law Journal - Copyright © 2022 - ISSN 2582-7820 Editor-in-Chief - Prof. (Dr.) Rishikesh Dave; Publisher - Ayush Pandey This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- Non-Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. New dimensions of Article 21: Impact of Maneka Gandhi's case Salma Araa aTechno India University, Kolkata, India Received 22 September 2022; Accepted 02 October 2022; Published 11 October 2022 The Supreme Court of India has now known as an activist court, the reason is enough of its judicial activism is based on the interpretation of the meaning of Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. PILs, in the majority, have been filed under this article only. This is also why the Supreme Court finds its strength in Article 21. There have been various changes in the interpretation of this provision and the attitude of the Supreme Court over some time. After the national emegency in theyear 1975 and the Maneka Gandhi case, one can witness an exquisite shift in juridical stance towards the defense of individual discretion. The judicial pronouncement made before Maneka's case was not satis factoy concerning Article 21 whereas, after the judgment of Maneka's case, new dimensions to Article 21 came forward. The Supreme Court has reinterpreted the phrase in light of Article 21 after the case of Maneka Gandhi in which it states that the right to live does not merey confine to the right to live but to live with dgnity, keeping in mind notjust the viewpoint of the accused or criminal, but also that of society and the victims. Keywords: article 21, supreme court, manekagandhi, interpretation. INTRODUCTION The Indian Constitution ensures its inhabitants' enjoyment of six distinct fundamental rights. Among others, the right to life and personal liberty is protected by Article 21, allowing them to lead an unrestricted existence. Although in judgments decided before the Maneka Gandhi case, 585

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