Rajasthan High Court: Right to dignity under Article 21 of Constitution includes being able to attend once-in-a-lifetime family rituals like son's wedding

The Rajasthan High Court in the case Yudhishter Singh Rajpurohit v State of Rajasthan & Ors observed and has ruled that Right to Life under Article 21 of the Constitution of India also includes the Right to live with dignity that encompasses attending once-in-a-lifetime family rituals like the right of a father to attend his son's marriage.

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The bench headed by Justice Arun Monga was hearing a petition filed on behalf of the accused who was in judicial custody for the last 6 years on multiple First Information Reports (FIRs) with allegations of financial misappropriation and irregularities in relation to a society named Kheteshwar Urban Credit Cooperative Society. In the present case, the petitioner, who was the son of the accused, acting as his guardian ad litem, was seeking interim bail for his father to be able to attend the wedding of the petitioner, i.e., the son of the accused.