Personal liberty definition
Personal liberty in Art. 21 means nothing more than the liberty of the physical body, that is, freedom from arrest or detention without the authority of law.
Personal liberty. , in Art. 21 means not merely freedom from physi- cal restraint but includes all aspects of personal liberty except those which are specifically enumerated in Art. 19. AIR 1963 SC 1295.
Personal liberty under Article 21 means freedom from physical restraint to persons by incarceration or otherwise. It also includes all the varieties of rights which together make up a man’s personal liberties other than those which are already included in the various clauses of Article 19. In A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras, AIR 1950 SC 27, a narrow meaning was given to the expression “personal liberty” confining it to the liberty of the person, i.e. of the body of a person. This restricted interpretation of the expression “personal liberty” preferred by the majority in A.K. Gopalan’s case namely, that the expression “personal liberty” means only liberty relating to or concerning the person or body of the individual, has not been accepted by the Supreme Court in later cases. The expression “personal liberty” is not limited to bodily restraint or to confinement to prison only, is well illustrated in Kharak Singh v. State of U.P., AIR 1983 SC 1295.
More Definitions of Personal liberty
Personal liberty means privileges, immunities, or rights enjoyed by prescription or by grant. It denotes not merely freedom from bodily restraint, but rights to contact, to have an occupation, to acquire knowledge, to marry, have a home, children, to worship, enjoy and have privileges recognized at law for happiness of free men.42
Personal liberty means various rights that provide for personal liberty of a person, i.e., everyone has right to do his or her will freely.
Personal liberty under Article 21 means freedom from physical restraint by incarceration or otherwise. It also includes all the varieties of rights which together make up a man’s personal liberties other than those which are already included in the various clauses of Article 19. In A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras, gave a narrow meaning to the expression ‘personal liberty’ confining it to the liberty of the person (that is, of the body of a person). The expression ‘personal liberty’ is not limited to bodily restraint or to confinement to prison, only is well illustrated in Kharak Singh v. State of U.P. In Satwant Singh Sawhney