The State while formulating a policy for its own employees has to give due consideration to the importance of protecting family life as an element of the dignity of the person and a postulate of privacy. How a particular policy should be modulated to take into account the necessities of maintaining family life may be left at the threshold to be determined by the State. In crafting its policy however the State cannot be heard to say that it will be oblivious to basic constitutional values, including the preservation of family life which is an incident of Article 21.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
Civil Appeal No. 1243 of 2022;
SK Nausad Rahaman & Ors. Vs Union of India and Ors.
Coram: Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud; Vikram Nath, JJ.
Dated: March 10, 2022
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