Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 20

Mar 22, 2018

On day 20 of the final Aadhaar hearing, Attorney General K.K Venugopal began his arguments on behalf of the respondents. He stated that various expert committees examined Aadhaar, and considered other alternatives like smart cards, before the current framework was decided upon. Mr.

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Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 19

Mar 21, 2018

Day 19 of the final hearing began with Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora submitting her written submissions to the court. Explaining the chilling effect on fundamental rights that is caused by a general and indiscriminate retention of personal data, she cited the decision in ECHR Szabo case which held data retention for long periods to be violative of right to privacy.

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Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 18

Mar 16, 2018

On Day 18 of the final Aadhaar hearing, Senior Counsel K.V Vishwanathan, continued his arguments from the previous day, stating that the Government has failed to show how Aadhaar has resulted in savings. Mr. Vishwanathan discredited the studies relied upon by the Government to show the savings, some of which were carried out even before the Aadhaar ecosystem was in place.

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Understanding the SC interim order extending Aadhaar deadlines

Mar 16, 2018

A five-judge Constitution Bench of Supreme Court, on Tuesday, 13th March 2018 passed an interim order (available here) in the matter of K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India [W.P.(C) No.

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Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 17

Mar 14, 2018

Day 17 of the final hearing began with Senior Advocate K.V. Viswanathan continuing his submissions on the illegality of the validation Section 59 provides to the pre-legislation actions. He read the Delhi Cloth Mills case which held how a law can deem facts but cannot deem legal consequences.

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Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 16

Mar 14, 2018

On day 16 of the final Aadhaar hearing, Senior Advocate P. Chidambaram continued his arguments from the previous day, stating that the Lok Sabha speaker’s decision is not final, and is subject to judicial review. He read out relevant excerpts from the decision in Sub-committee on Judicial Accountability vs.

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Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 15

Mar 08, 2018

The arguments for day 15 of the final hearing began with Senior Advocate Arvind Datar pointing out the nature of consent in the PML Act. He stated that the Act mandated the production of consent, failing which the bank accounts would be rendered inoperable, effectively negating any consent involved.

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Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 9

Mar 06, 2018

On day 9 (Thursday, February 8), Senior advocate Kapil Sibal resumed arguments on behalf of the petitioners.

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Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 14

Mar 06, 2018

Day 14 of the final hearing began with Senior Advocates Arvind Datar and Shyam Divan pressing the court for interim relief, asking for the deadline of March 31st to link Aadhaar with various services to be extended.

Mr. Datar began with stating his main challenges:

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Aadhaar Final Hearing: Index

Mar 05, 2018

On Wednesday, 17th January 2018, a five-judge bench of Supreme Court began its final hearing in the matter of K S Puttaswamy v. Union of India [W.P.(C) No.

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