right to live without fear is a signifant facet of article 21 of constitution
The purpose of referring to the aforesaid decision is only to state that right to life includes not only right to livelihood and right to health but also in its connolative expanse includes various subtle rights which are germane to the human existence. Human life has to be lived with dignity. Life without dignity and self respect is essentially sans life in proper sense of life- the noblest and priceless gift of nature. Dignity does not come to a man if he is compelled to remain in a state of constant fear or any interminable apprehension of damage that looms large. It has been said by Thoreau "nothing is so much to he feared as fear." Fear is antithesis of real freedom. To put it differently it is an anathema to freedom to live with dignity. Recurring of disastrous earthquake in a city like Jabalpur creates a shrill in the spine and makes a man to wake up in the mid of night as the nightmarish