Article 21 has travelled from a narrow protection against physical deprivation to a comprehensive constitutional guarantee of life, liberty, dignity, privacy, autonomy and human choice. Liberty cannot be postponed indefinitelyOne of the most important contributions of Article 21 jurisprudence has been in criminal justice. Reproductive autonomy and the meaning of familyThe jurisprudence of Article 21 has now entered an even more intimate domain: reproductive autonomy. Article 21 has transformed the Indian citizen from a mere subject of governmental authority into a constitutional person whose life, liberty, dignity and autonomy command protection. And that is why Article 21 remains, perhaps more than any other provision, the living heart of the Indian Constitution.