New Delhi, May 25 -- Upholding the right to privacy of the wife and her alleged lover, New Delhi district's Patiala House court has rejected a plea filed by a husband, Major in the Indian Army, seeking CCTV footage of a hotel over the allegations that his wife was having an affair.

".. the right to privacy and to be left alone in a hotel would extend to the common areas as against a third party who was not present there and has no other legally justifiable entitlement to seek the data of the guest. Same would hold good for the booking details," civil judgeVaibhav Pratap Singh said while rejecting the plea.

The court observed that hotels must protect the confidentiality of their guests.

The petition also raised concern over the wife and...