Nine-judge Constitution Bench of Supreme Court hears arguments on right to privacy: Updates from day 2

Jul 20, 2017

Today, a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court continued hearing arguments on the existence of a fundamental right to privacy, in connection with the matter of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. [W.P.(C). No. 494/2012] that challenged various aspects of the Aadhaar scheme.

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Nine-judge Constitution Bench of Supreme Court hears arguments on right to privacy: Updates from day 1

Jul 19, 2017

A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court (SC), comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) J.S. Khehar and Justices D.Y. Chandrachud, J. Chelameshwar, S.A. Bobde, A. Nazeer, R.K. Agrawal, R.F. Nariman, A.M. Sapre, and S.K. Kaul, heard arguments today on whether Indian citizens enjoy a fundamental right to privacy.

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Five-judge Constitution Bench of SC refers question of Right to Privacy to nine-judge Bench

Jul 18, 2017

Today, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court (SC) heard the batch of 22 petitions led by Justice K.S. Puttaswamy & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. [W.P.(C). No. 494/2012], which challenge various aspects of the Aadhaar scheme.

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Hearing Update: Shantha Sinha & Anr. v. Union of India; June 27th, 2017

Jun 28, 2017

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, heard the petition against notifications making Aadhaar mandatory for social welfare schemes [Shantha Sinha & Anr. v. Union of India (W.P. (C) 342/2017)] for the grant of interim relief. You can read the summary from the previous hearing here.

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Hearing Update: Shantha Sinha & Anr. v. Union of India; May 19th, 2017

May 19, 2017

The petition against notifications making Aadhaar mandatory for social welfare schemes- Shantha Sinha & Anr. v. Union of India [W.P. (C) 342/2017] was taken up in the Supreme Court today before a bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha for interim relief. The petitioner, represented by Sr. Advocate Mr.

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Supreme Court hears the Aadhaar-PAN case; updates from Day 6

May 04, 2017

Arguments in the Supreme Court litigations around linking Aadhaar with PAN, challenging the constitutionality of Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, were concluded today by Senior advocate Mr.

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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.

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Supreme Court hears the Aadhaar-PAN case; updates from Day 4

May 02, 2017

The State’s reply in the Aadhaar-PAN linking case was heard today (our coverage of arguments from previous hearings can be accessed at these links: Day 1Day 2

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Supreme Court hears the Aadhaar-PAN case; updates from Day 3

Apr 28, 2017

The hearing for the Aadhaar-PAN case spilled over to day 3 with Senior Counsel, Shyam Divan making his concluding remarks. Attorney General, Mukul Rohtagi, representing Union of India is scheduled to raise his arguments in reply on Tuesday, 2nd May, 2017.

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Supreme Court hears the Aadhaar-PAN case; updates from Day 1

Apr 27, 2017

The cases for linking Aadhaar to PAN and making it mandatory for Income Tax returns were heard before a bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and Alok Bhushan in the Supreme Court on 26th April, 2017. Senior Counsels Arvind Datar, and Shyam Divan were representing the petitioners in these cases, Binoy Viswam v. Union of India (W.P.(C)247/2017), S.G.

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