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SC: Right to life granted under Constitution applies to foreigners too
The New Indian Express Kochi
|March 24, 2026
THE Supreme Court has said that the right to life granted under Article 21 of the Constitution applies to foreigners as well.
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan made the observation ordering release of a Ugandan woman, Faridah Nakanwagi, 32, after noting that she was languishing in jail, despite securing bail in a drug-related case as she could not furnish a “solvent surety”.
This story is from the March 24, 2026 edition of The New Indian Express Kochi.
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