[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.
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 8
Feb 07, 2018
On Day 8 of the final hearing, continuing his arguments on behalf of the petitioners, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal read out Section 8(3)(c). He stated that the definition of ‘authentication’ says that a person can only use demographic or biometric information for authentication while Section 8 talks about alternatives. He contended that the law was poorly drafted.
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 7
Feb 06, 2018
Today, on Day 7, Senior Advocate Shyam Divan continued reading affidavits of Siraj Dutta from the previous hearing to emphasize on the point that, Aadhaar has led to exclusion, death and loss of dignity. He also stated that ‘real choice’ formulates realm of a true democracy and Aadhaar ecosystem leaves people with no alternative method for identification.
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 6
Feb 02, 2018
The hearing for day 6 began with Mr. Shyam Divan, counsel for petitioners, submitting a note on the concept of client IP and device IP. While explaining the significance of IP Address, he showed the court as to how an IP device can be used to know the approximate location.
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 5
Jan 31, 2018
Day 5 began with Senior Advocate Shyam Divan recapitulating his arguments on surveillance from the previous hearing.
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 4
Jan 25, 2018
The hearing for Day 4 started with Senior Advocate Shyam Divan taking the court through Section 59 of the Aadhaar Act-the savings clause validating all the actions of the Central Government prior to the Act.
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 2
Jan 19, 2018
The hearing on Day 2 began with Senior Advocate Shyam Divan resuming his arguments for the petitioners. He clarified on the deterministic and probabilistic systems of identification. He stated that the devices used for capturing the fingerprints at the time of authentication were of lower quality. On this note, Chandrachud J.
