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Khehar, CJ and J Chelameswar, SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud &amp; Abdul Nazeer, JJ referred the issue involving violation of right to privacy due to Aadhaar-PAN linkage to a 9-judge Constitution bench as the 8-judge and 6-judge benches in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/LoginForDocumentLink\/Jsqw8f0t\">M.P. Sharma v. Satish Chandra<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/LoginForDocumentLink\/CHmcltBJ\">Kharak Singh v. State of U.P.<\/a>, have earlier held that Right to Privacy is not a fundamental right.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chandrachud, J was a part of this 9-judge bench when he said that holding that &#8216;right to privacy&#8217; is a fundamental might right will mean that the 2013 ruling in Suresh Kumar Koushal v. 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