Major arguments in the right to privacy case
7 years, 7 months ago

Major arguments in the right to privacy case

The Hindu  

The marathon Supreme Court hearings on the right to privacy saw debates and discussions on the "amorphous" right to privacy and whether it deserved the status of a fundamental right. Privacy can be read into the Constitution as a fundamental right as India is part of the United National Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, which declares privacy as an inalienable human right. Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi for Gujarat government: Transparency is a key component in the modern age and providing basic personal information could not be covered under right to privacy. Senior advocate Soli Sorabjee: Counters Centre’s stand privacy is not a fundamental right as it is not expressedly mentioned in the Constitution.

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Private entities can now use Aadhaar authentication
2 months ago

Private entities can now use Aadhaar authentication

Hindustan Times  

The Union government has amended the Aadhaar rules to allow private entities to use Aadhaar authentication for delivering their services, the ministry of electronics and IT said in a statement on Friday, adding the amendments seek to promote “ease of living” to residents and enable “better access to services” to them. Private entities can now use Aadhar authentication The ministry …

No Public Interest In Keeping Information Alive On Internet After Quashing Of FIR: Delhi High Court On Right To Be Forgotten
4 months, 1 week ago

No Public Interest In Keeping Information Alive On Internet After Quashing Of FIR: Delhi High Court On Right To Be Forgotten

Live Law  

Observing that it is important to balance the right to information of public with an individual's right to privacy, the Delhi High Court has said that no public interest can be served by keeping the information alive on the internet after quashing of criminal proceedings.“There is no reason why an individual who has been duly cleared of any guilt by …

Personal Liberty Is Paramount Essential For Dignity And Human Happiness, Presumption Of Innocence Is A Fundamental Right: Justice Siddharth Mridul
1 year, 7 months ago

Personal Liberty Is Paramount Essential For Dignity And Human Happiness, Presumption Of Innocence Is A Fundamental Right: Justice Siddharth Mridul

Live Law  

Delhi High Court judge, Justice Siddharth Mridul, yesterday said that personal liberty is the paramount essential and sine qua non for human dignity and human happiness and that the principle or presumption of innocence is recognised as a fundamental right in India. In the earlier days it was considered by the by the honorable Supreme Court to be a human …

Legal framework for privacy as RS clears digital data bill
1 year, 7 months ago

Legal framework for privacy as RS clears digital data bill

Hindustan Times  

The Rajya Sabha passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 on Wednesday, clearing the way for what will be the first legal framework for privacy, close to six years after it was held as a fundamental right for Indians by the Supreme Court. While it is unlikely to take long for the bill to receive presidential assent — at …

India’s shield of privacy should reflect Article 21
1 year, 8 months ago

India’s shield of privacy should reflect Article 21

Live Mint  

The monsoon session of Indian Parliament will likely take up a bill framed in response to the Supreme Court ruling of 24 August 2017 that said privacy is a fundamental right. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, a draft of which was published last year to replace an unwieldy earlier proposal, got Cabinet approval this week as part of the …

Expanding Aadhaar to private entities is risky
1 year, 10 months ago

Expanding Aadhaar to private entities is risky

Hindustan Times  

In a landmark 4-1 verdict in 2018, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, but struck down section 57, which allowed the use of Aadhaar authentication and E-KYC by private companies to establish an identity for delivering services. Explaining its ruling, the top court said that the section struck at the heart of an individual’s privacy, …

Right To Privacy Is A Right In Personam, Not Inheritable By Mothers Or Legal Heirs Of Deceased: Delhi High Court
2 years, 5 months ago

Right To Privacy Is A Right In Personam, Not Inheritable By Mothers Or Legal Heirs Of Deceased: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the right to privacy is essentially a right in personam and therefore is not inheritable by the mothers or legal heirs of the deceased persons.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna made the observation while refusing to grant interim relief in a suit filed against Bollywood Filmmaker Hansal Mehta and others for restraining the release of …

The Right To Be Forgotten-Charting The Uncharted Waters
2 years, 6 months ago

The Right To Be Forgotten-Charting The Uncharted Waters

Live Law  

The right to be forgotten, also known as the 'right to be left alone' or the 'right to erasure', is in news these days owing to its increasing recognition by the Indian courts of law. The right which had its conceptual origin in the European Union, found one of its first references in the landmark Google Spain case, where the …

India’s Sudden Reversal on Privacy Will Affect the Global Internet
2 years, 6 months ago

India’s Sudden Reversal on Privacy Will Affect the Global Internet

Slate  

Recently, India, home to more than 1.3 billion people, withdrew its data protection bill—signaling yet another setback in global efforts to protect people’s data privacy. Owing to India’s unique position on the geopolitical stage—the second most populated country on the planet, the site of a burgeoning and multihundred-billion-dollar tech sector, a nation celebrating 75 years of independence from British rule—the …

‘Puttaswamy’ and the fading promise of a right
2 years, 7 months ago

‘Puttaswamy’ and the fading promise of a right

The Hindu  

August 24 has passed, marking five years since a nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India delivered a crucial judgment in the case of Justice K.S. The judgment delivered on that date formally recognised the right to privacy as being a fundamental right stemming from the right to life and personal liberty, guaranteed under Article 21 of the Indian …

Right To Privacy Includes Right To Be Forgotten, Personal Data Protection Bill Contains Provision For It: Centre Tells Delhi High Court
3 years, 3 months ago

Right To Privacy Includes Right To Be Forgotten, Personal Data Protection Bill Contains Provision For It: Centre Tells Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that the fundamental right of Right to Privacy also includes the Right to be Forgotten and that the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 contains provisions related to the doctrine. The development came after the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology filed a short affidavit in a plea filed by two businessmen acquitted …

Privacy must be upheld as a fundamental right
3 years, 4 months ago

Privacy must be upheld as a fundamental right

Live Mint  

In a world beset with rapidly-evolving technology, the deliberative process of law making has no chance of keeping pace. In 2017, the Supreme Court effectively declared the Right to Privacy a fundamental right, as it’s “intrinsic” to our guarantee of “life and personal liberty” under the Constitution’s Article 21 and other basic freedoms. To encode this self-evident truth by way …

A court order for the ages
3 years, 4 months ago

A court order for the ages

The Hindu  

In a democracy, how far should the Government be allowed to peep into a citizen’s privacy? The top court said national security was not a pass for the Government to spy on its own citizens. Strictly following the procedures, I gave a notice for the following questions: “The number of memorandum of understandings the Government has entered into with foreign …

4 yrs after privacy judgment, former judges warn against delayed legal framework
3 years, 7 months ago

4 yrs after privacy judgment, former judges warn against delayed legal framework

Hindustan Times  

With no movement on the personal data protection bill even four years after the landmark Puttuswamy judgment that established privacy as a fundamental right, former Supreme Court justices BN Srikrishna and AK Sikri, who have both been at the adjudicating end of the country’s privacy laws, have stressed on the need for a robust system that not only protects citizens …

Independence Day Special: 11 cases that advanced the rights of citizens
3 years, 7 months ago

Independence Day Special: 11 cases that advanced the rights of citizens

Hindustan Times  

For the first time after Independence, in this verdict, the judiciary defined limits beyond which the Parliament could not amend the Constitution. Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association vs Union of India This marked a turning point in judicial independence, with the judiciary wresting control from the executive on the matter of appointing new judges. NALSA vs Union of India …

Is There A Fundamental Right To Drink Liquor? What Courts Have Held?
3 years, 8 months ago

Is There A Fundamental Right To Drink Liquor? What Courts Have Held?

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court recently reserved its order on the maintainability of a petition against the decades old liquor prohibition in the state. The Court held that restrictions imposed by Sections 12 and 13 of the Act, on the possession, sale, use and consumption of liquor, are not reasonable restrictions on the fundamental right to acquire, hold and dispose of …

New Indian IT Rules do not conform with international norms: UN Special Rapporteurs
3 years, 9 months ago

New Indian IT Rules do not conform with international norms: UN Special Rapporteurs

India TV News  

Experts at United Nations Office of the Human Rights Commissioner have said in a report that it is concerned that Indias Information Technology Rules, 2021, in their current form, do not conform with international human rights norms. The report is authored by Irene Khan, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, …

Privacy, a fundamental right the state must protect
4 years, 3 months ago

Privacy, a fundamental right the state must protect

The Hindu  

In an article in The Hindu, Is a person’s address public information?, the writers, Shailesh Gandhi and Prashant Reddy T., raised a few issues over a recent Bombay High Court order directing the government to take down the address of a Right to Information applicant from its website. Explained | The right to privacy Not judicially tested First, the writers …

Privacy And Puttaswamy For The People's Palate: Part 3 of 3
4 years, 7 months ago

Privacy And Puttaswamy For The People's Palate: Part 3 of 3

Live Law  

The previous part broke down the opinions of Bobde J. and Kaul J. wherein the former elucidated upon the nature of the right undertaking a study which was based on the hypothesis that privacy plays an integral role in the enjoyment of Part III rights and the latter studied the growth of technology as a formidable foe to the inherent …

Privacy And Puttaswamy For The People's Palate: Part 2 Of 3
4 years, 7 months ago

Privacy And Puttaswamy For The People's Palate: Part 2 Of 3

Live Law  

The first part broke down opinions of Chelameswar J. and Sapre J. wherein the former examined the existence of the right to privacy within the contours of the Constitution, limiting the discussion to the existence of the same and the latter examined the foundation of the right on the basis of the Preamble and certain elements of Part III. Bobde …

Evidence Collected In Breach Of Right To Privacy Alone Doesn't Make It Inadmissible: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
4 years, 9 months ago

Evidence Collected In Breach Of Right To Privacy Alone Doesn't Make It Inadmissible: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a significant judgment pertaining to rules for collection and admissibility of evidence, the Delhi High Court has held that evidence collected in breach of the fundamental right to privacy alone, would not make it inadmissible in court of law. The single bench has held that while a litigating party certainly has a right to privacy, that right "must yield" …

Ravi Shankar Prasad says terrorists, corrupt have no right to privacy, warns of 'sinister trend' of populist campaigns against judgments
5 years, 1 month ago

Ravi Shankar Prasad says terrorists, corrupt have no right to privacy, warns of 'sinister trend' of populist campaigns against judgments

Firstpost  

Terrorists and corrupt people have “no right to privacy” and these people should not be allowed to abuse the internet, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Saturday New Delhi: Terrorists and corrupt people have “no right to privacy” and these people should not be allowed to abuse the internet, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Saturday. …

"Today Google Knows More About You Than Your Spouse-" Justice V Ramasubramanian On 'Right To Privacy: New Age Challenges'
5 years, 2 months ago

"Today Google Knows More About You Than Your Spouse-" Justice V Ramasubramanian On 'Right To Privacy: New Age Challenges'

Live Law  

It is indeed a privilege to be invited deliver a Memorial Lecture instituted in the name of Justice V.R. Sharma vs. Satish Chandra, where the Supreme Court held that there is no justification to import the right to privacy into our Constitution by a process of strained construction, analogous to American Fourth Amendment. The Supreme Court affirmed in this case …

Opinion | The paradox of our rights to information and privacy
5 years, 3 months ago

Opinion | The paradox of our rights to information and privacy

Live Mint  

The right to information and the right to privacy are two important rights upheld by the Supreme Court of India. This is a myth that was recently exposed by the Supreme Court when it ruled that even the Chief Justice of India’s office will come under the Right to Information Act. Under the RTI Act, any citizen of India can …

Supreme Court seeks government reply to plea on Aadhaar data use by private firms
5 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court seeks government reply to plea on Aadhaar data use by private firms

The Hindu  

A Bench of Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde and B.R. Gavai of the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Union government and the Unique Identification Authority of India to respond to a petition alleging that recent amendments to the Aadhaar law opened the back door to private players to access citizens’ sensitive personal data. “The impugned Act creates a …

Right To Access Internet : Kerala HC's Guiding Light To SC
5 years, 6 months ago

Right To Access Internet : Kerala HC's Guiding Light To SC

Live Law  

In Kashmir, for the last 47 days, 1.25 crore people have been deprived of their Right to Information encompassed under Article 19 of the Constitution of India, and the pin-drop silence in the halls of the Supreme Court is virtually its acquiescence of the abrogation of this Fundamental Right. that the Supreme Court declared that the Right to Access Internet …

'Right To Access Internet Is Part Of Right To Privacy And Right To Education' : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
5 years, 6 months ago

'Right To Access Internet Is Part Of Right To Privacy And Right To Education' : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a landmark judgment, the High Court of Kerala on Thursday declared that right to access internet is a fundamental right forming part of right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. "When the Human Rights Council of the United Nations have found that right to access to Internet is a fundamental freedom and a tool to …

Supreme Court asks government whether it plans to link social media and Aadhaar
5 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court asks government whether it plans to link social media and Aadhaar

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear a plea by Facebook to call forth petitions pending in various high courts concerning the linking of social media accounts of users with their Aadhaar numbers. Justice Gupta said the court wants to know whether the Centre was working on any law on linking Aadhaar or an authentic government identity proof with …

Aadhaar-social media account linkage: Facebook’s concern on privacy a ‘red herring’, Tamil Nadu govt. tells Supreme Court
5 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar-social media account linkage: Facebook’s concern on privacy a ‘red herring’, Tamil Nadu govt. tells Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday launched an offensive against social media giant Facebook, saying that concerns voiced by the company in the Supreme Court about citizen privacy fly in the face of its own “primary business model” to commercialise users’ data. The Tamil Nadu government, in a detailed 24-page reply drawn by Additional Advocate General Balaji Srinivasan and settled …

Privacy no longer supreme
5 years, 7 months ago

Privacy no longer supreme

The Hindu  

Two years ago, this month, a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court unanimously held that Indians have a constitutionally protected fundamental right to privacy. It legislated a transformative, rights-oriented data protection law that held all powerful entities that deal with citizens’ personal data, including the state, accountable. Data use vs. privacy The government has shunned a rights-oriented approach in the …

Fundamental Right To Privacy Not Absolute And Must Bow Down To Compelling Public Interest: SC [Read Judgment]
5 years, 8 months ago

Fundamental Right To Privacy Not Absolute And Must Bow Down To Compelling Public Interest: SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The fundamental right to privacy cannot be construed as absolute and but must bow down to compelling public interest, remarked the Supreme Court in its judgment holding that a Judicial Magistrate can order a person to give a sample of his voice for the purpose of investigation of a crime.The three judge bench comprising the Chief Justice of India Ranjan …

Jamaica SC Follows Aadhaar Dissent to Strike Down Its ID System
5 years, 11 months ago

Jamaica SC Follows Aadhaar Dissent to Strike Down Its ID System

The Quint  

Notwithstanding the far reaching decision of the majority, I am inclined towards the view of Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud J in his dissenting judgment. That learned Judge recognised that technology has caused our institutions of governance to face new challenges. I respectfully wish to adopt as my own, the learned Judge summarised the overall constitutional failings of the Aadhaar scheme …

Young India speaks up on Citizens' Rights
6 years, 2 months ago

Young India speaks up on Citizens' Rights

Deccan Chronicle  

The fundamental rights every citizen of India enjoys, is one of the most important features of the Indian Constitution. Right to Privacy important In a day and age where everyone is on social media and wants to upload pictures and share their personal thoughts, I feel that Right to Privacy should now be a part of Right to Freedom, under …

A renewed attack on privacy: on Aadhaar Bill
6 years, 2 months ago

A renewed attack on privacy: on Aadhaar Bill

The Hindu  

On Friday, the Lok Sabha, without any attendant discussion, passed the Aadhaar and Other Laws Bill, 2018. Originally, Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act allowed both the state and private entities to use the programme to establish an individual’s identity pursuant to a law or a contract. This part of the section, thus, is declared unconstitutional.” Although this leaves little …

Opinion | The Aadhaar amendment and private sector access
6 years, 2 months ago

Opinion | The Aadhaar amendment and private sector access

Live Mint  

In the most recent twist in the Aadhaar saga, the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar Amendment Bill last week. The bill is clearly the government’s attempt to facilitate the continued use of the Aadhaar infrastructure within the constraints laid down by the Supreme Court. The most strident criticisms of the amendment bill have, however, been reserved for the manner in …

Aadhaar Amendment Bill grants broad, vague powers; privacy needs to be priority
6 years, 2 months ago

Aadhaar Amendment Bill grants broad, vague powers; privacy needs to be priority

Firstpost  

A bill to amend the Aadhaar Act, the Aadhaar Amendment Bill, 2018, was introduced in Parliament recently, leading to immediate objections on the lack of prior public consultation as well as questions on its constitutionality. Apart from provisions to bring the Aadhaar Act, 2016, in line with the Supreme Court judgment on Aadhaar, the Bill also introduces several provisions to …

Are India’s laws on surveillance a threat to privacy?
6 years, 3 months ago

Are India’s laws on surveillance a threat to privacy?

The Hindu  

YES India might soon become a police state with bureaucrats having access to personal information Tathagata Satpathy Last year, the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark judgment that privacy is a fundamental right. This month, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order granting authority to 10 Central agencies, including the Delhi Commissioner of Police, the Central Bureau of Investigation, …

Review Petition Filed In SC Against Constitution Bench’s Aadhaar Judgment [Read Petition]
6 years, 3 months ago

Review Petition Filed In SC Against Constitution Bench’s Aadhaar Judgment [Read Petition]

Live Law  

A review petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of India challenging its upholding of the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar in Justice K.S. It submits, “Both these judgments have failed to account that when there is an express prohibition in the plain language of the statute itself, then it must be given effect to, and on this ground alone, …

Review Petition Filed In SC Against Constitution Bench’s Aadhaar Judgment [Read Petition]
6 years, 3 months ago

Review Petition Filed In SC Against Constitution Bench’s Aadhaar Judgment [Read Petition]

Live Law  

A review petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of India challenging its upholding of the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar in Justice K.S. It submits, “Both these judgments have failed to account that when there is an express prohibition in the plain language of the statute itself, then it must be given effect to, and on this ground alone, …

Snooping Order: Security of India Doesn’t Need to Clash with Privacy of Indians
6 years, 3 months ago

Snooping Order: Security of India Doesn’t Need to Clash with Privacy of Indians

News 18  

The Ministry of Home Affairs through its order has granted powers of "interception, monitoring, and decryption of any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer" to 10 central agencies to protect security and sovereignty of India. At the same time, the order threatens to risk privacy of 130 crore Indians as “unfettered access” to any kind of data …

India's digital journey to accelerate with stronger safeguards, says UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey
6 years, 4 months ago

India's digital journey to accelerate with stronger safeguards, says UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey

Firstpost  

The Aadhaar-issuing body Unique Identification Authority of India has initiated the process of deleting the authentication log beyond six months, as directed by the apex court. New Delhi: The recent Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar has ensured stronger safeguards which will accelerate India’s digital journey, UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey has said. Pandey confirmed that the Aadhaar-issuing body Unique Identification …

I continue to believe Aadhaar disclosure does not raise digital risks: TRAI Chief RS Sharma
6 years, 5 months ago

I continue to believe Aadhaar disclosure does not raise digital risks: TRAI Chief RS Sharma

India TV News  

Trai Chief RS Sharma -- who had created a stir by making public his Aadhaar number and challenging others to show how it can be misused -- says he continues to believe that the disclosure of 12-digit identifier does not raise anyone's digital vulnerability. In an interview to PTI, Sharma also said the recent Supreme Court judgement on Aadhaar has …

SC's Aadhaar verdict reiterates supremacy of Constitution, shows State can't intrude upon citizens' privacy
6 years, 5 months ago

SC's Aadhaar verdict reiterates supremacy of Constitution, shows State can't intrude upon citizens' privacy

Firstpost  

Aadhaar, the pet project of two successive governments, is here to stay: at least for now. What is interesting to note from the 1,448 page ruling of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the Aadhaar case is the fact that its landmark judgment in Justice KS Puttaswamy v. Union of India has been used extensively to debate and put …

Govt bid to extend data dragnet clipped, partly
6 years, 6 months ago

Govt bid to extend data dragnet clipped, partly

Deccan Chronicle  

It is important to remember that a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court led by then Chief Justice J.S. In its second Aadhaar judgment by 4-1, led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, the court held in a majority view that the right to privacy had to be balanced with the right to food, which is part of Article 21’s …

Supreme Court judgment on Aadhaar leads to confusion in private sector
6 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court judgment on Aadhaar leads to confusion in private sector

Hindustan Times  

A day after the Supreme Court struck down Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act that allowed sharing of Aadhaar data with private entities, companies don’t have clarity on what the ruling means for their business. Lawyers disagree Sanjay Hegde, a senior Supreme Court advocate, said private companies can’t restrict access to services without Aadhaar. But Jaideep Gupta, another senior advocate, …

'Should not blindly rely on technology': How media reacted to Supreme Court's Aadhaar judgment
6 years, 6 months ago

'Should not blindly rely on technology': How media reacted to Supreme Court's Aadhaar judgment

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the constitutional validity of Aadhaar has garnered a variety of responses from media outlets: some in favour, others not so much. The Supreme Court’s ruling has garnered a variety of responses from newsmedia outlets: Judgment highlights Centre’s original intent in proposing the scheme An article in The Hindu titled ‘ Aadhaar survives ’ argued …

‘Happy that private firms will not have access to Aadhaar’
6 years, 6 months ago

‘Happy that private firms will not have access to Aadhaar’

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court verdict upholding the constitutional validity of Aadhaar was met with varied reactions from Delhiites. While some continued to raise questions about invasion of privacy, others were happy that certain riders had been introduced that banned private companies making Aadhaar compulsory for services like getting a SIM card, admission into educational institutions and bank accounts. Rethink Aadhaar, a …

SC judgement lays down blueprint for privacy protection
6 years, 6 months ago

SC judgement lays down blueprint for privacy protection

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court verdict on Wednesday upholding the constitutional validity of biometric identification Aadhaar has laid down the blueprint for privacy protection in the country, at a time when businesses are increasingly using personal data and artificial intelligence to target customers. The apex court’s five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra discussed at length the contours …

'All-pervasive use of Aadhaar curtailed': Supreme Court verdict on UID draws gamut of reactions
6 years, 6 months ago

'All-pervasive use of Aadhaar curtailed': Supreme Court verdict on UID draws gamut of reactions

Firstpost  

UIDAI said that the Supreme Court’s Aadhaar verdict is a victory for the UIDAI and the government and has also set the pace of India’s digital destiny. “The Aadhaar verdict is a victory for the UIDAI and the Government of India and has also set the pace of India’s digital destiny,” the authority said. “After holistic consideration, my opinion is …

Supreme Court strikes down some sections of Aadhaar Act: What it means
6 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court strikes down some sections of Aadhaar Act: What it means

Live Mint  

New Delhi: In a historic judgement, the Supreme Court on Wednesday laid down the blueprint of a revamped legal framework for Aadhaar, fine-tuning the scheme’s focus from inclusion—its original raison d’etre—to the prevention of exclusion. While affirming the constitutional validity of Aadhaar, the apex court in a move aimed at protecting data said the Aadhaar Regulations which permits authentication records …

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