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Over years, Article 21 of the Constitution has been expanded a lot to cover various rights of individuals with changing times and needs of society. List below are some.

Article 21 provides, “No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.“

During 1950-1955

1. A.K. Gopalan V State of Madras: Detention under the doctrine of “procedure established by law” is valid detention

During 1956-1960

During 1961-1965

1. Kharak Singh Vs The State Of U.P. & Others on 18 December, 1962: Right to privacy

During 1966-1970

1. Satwant Singh Sawhney Vs Assistant Passport Officer, New Delhi on 10 April, 1967,
2. Rustom Cavasjee Cooper vs Union Of India on 10 February, 1970: Fundamental Rights are not silos but they are inter-connected. Overruled A.K. Gopalan V State of Madras.

During 1971-1975

1. Govind Vs State Of Madhya Pradesh & Anr on 18 March, 1975: Right to Privacy

During 1976-1980

1. Additional District Magistrate, Jabalpur Vs S. S. Shukla Etc. Etc on 28 April, 1976: Right to Move Courts For Remedies
2. Hussainara Khatoon v. Home Secretary, State of Bihar 1979: Right to Speedy Trial: https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1373215/
3. Maneka Gandhi Vs Union Of India on 25 January, 1978: Right to have fair, just and reasonable procedure
   
4. Madhav Hayawadanrao Hoskot Vs State Of Maharashtra on 17 August, 1978: Right to legal Services
5. Sunil Batra Etc Vs Delhi Administration And Ors. Etc on 30 August, 1978: Right against Solitary Confinement
6. Charles Sobhraj Vs Superintendent, Tihar Jail on 31 August, 1978: Right against Bar Fetters
7. Sunil Batra Vs Delhi Administration on 20 December, 1979: Right of Prisoner to Free Legal Aid

During 1981-1985

1. People’s Union For Democratic Rights & Others vs Union Of India & Others on 18 September, 1982: Right to Minimum Wages
2. T.V.Vatheeswaran Vs State Of Tamil Nadu on 16 February, 1983: Delay of death sentence is inherent and violative of Dignity of Life
   
3. Right to Public Trial- Vineet Narain V UOI
4. Right against hand cuffing Prem Shankar v. Delhi Administration
5. Right to Medical Care- Parmananda Katara v. Union of India
6. Right to Health- Consumer Education and Research Centre v. Union of India
7. Right to Social Security and Protection of Family- L.I.C. of India v. Consumer Education and Research Centre
8. Right to Shelter- Chameli Singh v. State of U.P
9. Right To Livelihood- D.T.C. v. D.T.C. Mazdoor Congress
10. Right To Live with Human Dignity- Francis Coralie v. Union Territory of Delhi
11. Right to Write a Book-State of Maharashtra v. Prabhakar Pandurang
12. Right against Delayed Execution: Sher Singh v. State of Punjab
13. Right against Public Hanging : Attorney General of India v. Lachma Devi
14. Death by Hanging not Violative of Article 21- Deena v. Union of India
15. Right to Bail.- Babu Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh
16. Right to Fair Trial- Zahira Habibullah Sheikh v. State of Gujarat
17. Right to Free Legal Aid & Right to Appeal- M.H. Hoskot v. State of Maharashtra
18. Right against Illegal Detention- Joginder Kumar v. State of Uttar Pradesh
19. Tapping of Telephone- PUCL v. Union of India
20. Murli S. Deora v. Union of India- smoking in public place
21. Right to get Pollution Free Water and Air- Subhas Kumar v. State of Bihar https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1646284/
    
22. Euthanasia and Right to Life-Gian Kaur v. State of Punjab
23. Right to Work- Olga tells v BMC
24. Right to Marriage (Disclosure of Dreadful Diseases)- Mr. X V Hospital Z https://indiankanoon.org/doc/382721/
    
25. Right to Food- PUCL v UOI
26. Right to Education- Mohini jain v state of karnatka
27. Right to have clean Environment- MC Mehta v UOI
28. Right to receive compensation – Rudal Shah v state of Bihar

During 1986-1990

1. Sheela Barse Vs State Of Maharashtra on 18 September, 1987: Right of prisoners to be Interviewed

During 1991-1995

1. Compensation to Rape victims https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1765970/
2. Multiple rights https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1775396/

During 1996-2000

1. Beauty contests can be obscene https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1317411/
2. Rights of arrested persons https://indiankanoon.org/doc/501198/
3. Right Against Sexual Harassment at Workplace- Vishakha v. State of Rajasthan https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1031794/

During 2001-2005

1. Beauty contests can be obscene Chandra Rajakumari vs Commissioner of Police. AIR 1998 AP 302. B.K.Somasekhara (J) https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1317411/
2. Right Against Noise Pollution- In Re: Noise Pollution https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1709298/
3. Multiple rights https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1184378/

During 2006-2010

1. Husband tapping wife conversations https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1058685/
2. Swapan Kumar Saha vs South Point Montessory High … on 19 September, 2006, Overloading of bus https://indiankanoon.org/doc/416937/

During 2011-2015

1. Amar Singh Vs Union Of India & Ors on 11 May, 2011: Trying to misuse Article 21

During 2016-2020

1. Refusal to grant bail without recording reasons : https://indiankanoon.org/doc/16902738/
2. detained in custody by adopting totally faulty and illegal process :
3. Subramanian Swamy Vs Union of India on 13 May, 2016: Right to Reputation
4. Swapnil Tripathi Vs Supreme Court of India on 26 September, 2018: Right to access to legal proceedings