M. Vijaya vs Chairman and Managing Director, Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd., AIR 2001 AP 502

Hon’ble Court observed, “There is an apparent conflict between the right to privacy of a person suspected of HIV not to submit himself forcibly for medical examination and the power and duty of the State to identify HIV-infected persons for the purpose of stopping further transmission of the virus. In the interests of the general public, it is necessary for the State to identify HIV-positive cases and any action taken in that regard cannot be termed as unconstitutional”