Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 33
Apr 30, 2018
On day 33 of the final Aadhaar hearing, Senior Advocate, Rakesh Dwivedi appearing for the State/UIDAI resumed his submission on Aadhaar by stating that the standard of control exercised by UIDAI on requesting entities is “fair and reasonable” as laid down under Article 21.
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 34
Apr 26, 2018
On day 34 of the final Aadhaar hearing, Advocate Gopal Sankarnarayanan appearing for Centre for Civil Society submitted that the right to identity is an absolute fundamental right and it stems from recognition of an individual.
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 32
Apr 24, 2018
On day 32 of the final Aadhaar hearing, Senior Advocate, Rakesh Dwivedi, appearing for the State and UIDAI resumed his submission on Aadhaar.
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 31
Apr 23, 2018
On day 31 of the final Aadhaar hearing, Senior Advocate, Rakesh Dwivedi resumed his submission on Aadhaar by quoting Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, “Development requires the removal of major sources of un-freedom: poverty as well as tyranny, poor economic opportunities as well as systematic social deprivation, neglect of public facilities as well as in
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 30
Apr 22, 2018
On day 30 of the final Aadhaar hearing, Senior Advocate, Rakesh Dwivedi resumed his submission on Aadhaar technology being probabilistic in nature and stated that algorithms that are probabilistic are not all identical.
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 29
Apr 22, 2018
On day 29 of the final Aadhaar hearing, Senior Advocate, Rakesh Dwivedi resumed his submissions and stated that it is better to tighten the nuts and bolts of Aadhaar than demolishing it completely.
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 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.
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.
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.
