Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 4

Jan 25, 2018

The hearing for Day 4 started with Senior Advocate Shyam Divan taking the court through Section 59 of the Aadhaar Act-the savings clause validating all the actions of the Central Government prior to the Act.

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Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 3

Jan 24, 2018

The arguments on day 3 commenced with Mr.

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Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 2

Jan 19, 2018

The hearing on Day 2 began with Senior Advocate Shyam Divan resuming his arguments for the petitioners. He clarified on the deterministic and probabilistic systems of identification. He stated that the devices used for capturing the fingerprints at the time of authentication were of lower quality. On this note, Chandrachud J.

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Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 1

Jan 18, 2018

The hearing on Day 1 began with the Attorney General requesting the court to allocate time to both sides for arguments. Shyam Divan, Senior Advocate and counsel for petitioners, responded by saying that considering the complexity of the issue, he would be able to provide an estimate only by the next week.

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Aadhaar on trial: The litigations around Aadhaar

Jan 05, 2017

The development of Aadhaar over the years has opened a Pandora’s box of litigations against its various claims and processes that range on the spectrum from privacy rights to compulsory carrying of Aadhaar cards by drivers.

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