Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 26
Apr 13, 2018
On Day 26 of the final Aadhaar hearing, Attorney General, Mr. K.K Venugopal resumed his submissions for the State. He began by explaining retrospective saving of Acts/statutes and cited cases to show that past actions can be validated by a subsequent Act. He stated that Section 59 of the Aadhaar Act provided retrospective application of the Act.
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 25
Apr 09, 2018
On day 25 of the final Aadhaar hearing, Attorney General, Mr. Venugopal continued reading from a note on biometrics (Thom v. New York Stock Exchange). The full note is available here.
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 24
Apr 08, 2018
On Day 24 of the final Aadhaar hearing, Attorney General, Mr. K.K Venugopal resumed his arguments from the previous day. He reiterated that in the digital era, Aadhaar is the best way to prevent money laundering, curb black money and deliver subsidies and benefits to the targeted beneficiaries.
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 23
Apr 06, 2018
On Day 23 of the final Aadhaar hearing, the Attorney General answered questions put forth by the petitioners on the basis of the presentation made by Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey, CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 21
Mar 27, 2018
On day 21 of the final Aadhaar hearing, the judges agreed to hold the PowerPoint presentation prepared by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in the second half of the day.
Nine-judge Constitution Bench of Supreme Court hears arguments on right to privacy: Updates from day 5
Aug 01, 2017
A historic nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India has been hearing arguments for and against the right to privacy in the matter of K.S Puttaswamy v. Union of India for four days. On the first two days of the hearing (July 19 and July 20), the petitioners presented their arguments in favour of a right to privacy in India.
Nine-judge Constitution Bench of Supreme Court hears arguments on right to privacy: Updates from day 4
Jul 27, 2017
Arguments before the nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on right to privacy (in the matter of K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India) ran into its fourth day today.
Nine-judge Constitution Bench of Supreme Court hears arguments on right to privacy: Updates from day 3
Jul 26, 2017
Today was the third day of arguments before a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in the matter of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. [W.P.(C). No. 494/2012], regarding the existence of a fundamental right to privacy in India.
Supreme Court hears the Aadhaar-PAN case; updates from Day 5
May 03, 2017
The ongoing challenge in the Supreme Court regarding the linking of Aadhaar for filing of income tax returns, and making it mandatory for PAN, has reached Day 5 when the Union of India continued its arguments.
