The scope of the right to life conferred by Article 21 is wide and far reaching. It does not mean merely that life can not be extinguished or taken away, as, for example, ,by the imposition and execution of the death sentence, ,except according to procedures established by law. That is but one aspect of the right to life An equally important facet of that right is the right to livelihood . If the right to livelihood is not treated as part of the constitutional right to life, the easiest way of depriving a person of his right to life would be to deprive him of his means of livelihood to the point of abrogation. Such deprivation would not only denude the life of its effective content and meaningfulness , but it would make life impossible to live. And yet ,such deprivation would not have to be in accordance with the procedure established by Law,if the right to livelihood is not regarded as a part of the right to life. That which alone makes it possible to live, leaving aside what makes life livable,must be deemed to be an integral component of the right to life.