Question

in the constitution the the provision of "right to life" is included in which article

Answer 1

Article 21 of the Constitution of India, a very familiar fundamental right, applicable to all persons under Part III of the Constitution of India. Meaning of term “life” is defined in Munn v. Illinois, 94 US 11,  Field, J. spoke of the right to life in the following words:

“By the term “life” as here used something more is meant than mere animal existence. The inhibition against its deprivation extends to all those limbs and faculties by which life is enjoyed. The provision equally prohibits the mutilation of the body by the amputation of an arm or leg, or the putting out of an eye, or the destruction of any other organ of the body through which the soul communicates with outer world.”