whether students have any fundamental right to privacy in the campus

Hello,

The Supreme Court of India stated in the Ram Jethmalani v. Union of India case that “it is important that human beings should be allowed domains of freedom that are free of public scrutiny unless they act in an unlawful manner.”

Everyone is entitled to the right to privacy, may it be inside campus or outside the campus.

In a campus context, people have the right to be free from invasive inquiries into their private lives. For instance, on campus, conduct, admissions, and educational records are all covered by the right to a person’s privacy. A person's right to privacy is typically breached when personal information is exposed to uninvited parties without their consent or when they are subject to an unwarranted search of their belongings, such as a locker or backpack.

However, the administration of a campus frequently has to strike a balance between a person's right to privacy and the public's safety, particularly when it comes to matters involving the security of other students or members of the campus.

Generally, the rule is that campus officials can legally search your locker, purse, backpack, etc. If they have reasonable suspicion to believe that you have violated either the campus guidelines or rules. They do not require any search warrant or probable cause, but “reasonable suspicion.” This is again subject to the campus’s policies.