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Right to travel abroad is a basic human right: SC
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- The Supreme Court has observed in a recent order that The right to travel abroad is a genuine and basic human right like marriage and family.
- The court was hearing an appeal filed by an IPS officer who was refused permission to take a private trip abroad to visit relatives as he had a departmental enquiry pending against him.
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- What court has observed?(1) The right to travel abroad is an important basic human right for it nourishes independent and self-determining creative character of the individual, not only by extending his freedoms of action, but also by extending the scope of his experience.(2) The right also extends to private life; marriage, family and friendship are humanities which can be rarely affected through refusal of freedom to go abroad.
- 1958 Kent vs Dulles Judgment:(1) Supreme Court referred to its Maneka Gandhi judgment upholding the right to travel and the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case of 1958 Kent vs Dulles.(2) In 1958 case Bench said freedom to go abroad has much social value and represents the basic human right of great significance.(3) The court said that this basic human right also extends to private life, marriage, family and friendship.(4) These are part of human nature which can be rarely affected through a refusal of freedom to go abroad.