SFLC.in at the Internet Freedom Festival, 2018
Mar 07, 2018
The 2018 edition of the Internet Freedom Festival (IFF) is being held from March 5 - 9 in Valencia, Spain.
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.
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:
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.
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 13
Feb 23, 2018
Day 13, (Thursday, 22nd February 2018) of final hearing began with Senior advocate Gopal Subramanium continuing his arguments on behalf of petitioners.
Referring to Article 243G(b) of the Constitution of India, he submitted that the Article provides some standards for implementation.
[Press Release] Key Stakeholders discuss the future of India's Data Protection Law
Feb 22, 2018
Issue was debated at a round table discussion on businesses using innovation to their advantage at the cost of Right to Privacy
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 12
Feb 21, 2018
On day 12 (Wednesday, 21st February 2018) of the final hearing, Senior advocate Gopal Subramanium resumed his arguments emphasizing upon constitutional value of human dignity. He began with referring to the decision in Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India which recognizes the concept of reputation as a natural right- a facet of dignity.
[Press release] India needs to challenge narratives that claim data protection will stifle innovation
Feb 21, 2018
In a round table discussion hosted by SFLC.in, Mouthshut.com, IIT Bombay and Ananta Aspen Centre yesterday, several law and technology experts from industry, civil society, and academia, discussed how India’s data protection law should shape up. There was a good representation from the industry with representatives of Reliance Jio, DCB
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 11
Feb 20, 2018
The hearing for Day 11 began with Gopal Subramanium continuing on behalf of petitioners. He started by stating that the Aadhaar Act is unconstitutional. Referring to the Puttaswamy judegment read with the decisions in NALSA v. Union of India and Subramanium Swamy v.
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 10
Feb 16, 2018
On day 10, Mr. Kapil Sibal resumed his arguments and read out provisions from Israel’s biometric ID law dealing with definition and purpose of biometric databases, emphasizing that the ID cards are purely voluntary. He added that under said law, biometric data may be used only for the purpose for which it was collected.
