Power Of Exemption Vis-à-Vis The Right To Privacy

In 2018, the right to privacy was recognised by the Supreme Court, to be within the ambit of Article 21 of the Constitution of India, after which the Justice Srikrishna Committee was constituted to provide recommendations towards codifying a privacy law, which led to formulation of the Data Protection Bill. To regulate the right to privacy, the legislature has revised the Data Protection Bill, that is now on its fifth iteration with the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill ("Bill") which has now been approved by the Union Cabinet and is likely to be placed before the impending monsoon session of the Parliament. Each iteration has taken inspiration from the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation ("EU GDPR") in respect of the regulatory compliances and harsh penalties on the Data Fiduciary (i.e., person(s) determining the purpose and means of processing personal data) in the event of a failure to adhere to the same. The Bill applies to processing of