Aadhaar Hearing

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Daily Dope's Nikita Rana gives us the gist about the complaints registered by the petitioners and how the state has addressed the Aadhaar issue

Aadhaar hearing: Petitioners argue on centralisation of data and challenge Aadhaar’s claims on savings

Issues raised on day 6 included the unconstitutionality caused by the centralization of data from the Aadhaar system, the legal basis of Aadhaar, and the veracity of the UIDAI and governmental claims on the savings through Aadhaar.

Aadhaar hearing: Aadhaar has the support of two governments, argues the State

The Aadhaar project had the support of two governments, since it had been commenced when the Congress was in power.

Aadhaar hearing: De facto mandatory nature of Aadhaar results in unconstitutional and indirect coercion, argue petitioners

Senior counsel KV Vishwanath commenced his first argument on Section 59 that grants validity to all the acts of the government prior to the passing of the Aadhaar Act in 2016

Aadhaar hearing: Bench criticises the argument that Aadhaar can prevent bank frauds and terrorists from acquiring mobile numbers

The Attorney General argued that the Aadhaar regime had to be assessed based on what it was, and not on hypothetically what it could be.

Aadhaar no solution to scams as bank officials are hand in glove with fraudsters, says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that Aadhaar is not a solution to bank frauds as it can do little to stop fraudsters.

Aadhaar security lapse could allow major chunk of information to be stolen, says data security expert

"The UIDAI’s response, when we approached them a month ahead of the story, notifying them of the vulnerable endpoint, was to do nothing."

Aadhaar mandatory linking to services and welfare schemes may extend beyond 31 March, Centre tells SC

The deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar may be further extended beyond 31 March.

Aadhaar hearing: Petitioners argue that receipt of govt benefits cannot be at the cost of compromising fundamental rights

In summary, Kapil Sibal argued that this case was the most important case in Indian history since the ADM Jabalpur case.

Aadhaar case: Why SC needs to look into technical evidence of Aadhaar’s surveillance capabilities

Technical experts have long since been asserting the surveillance capabilities of Aadhaar, and this has now taken the form of affidavits before the Supreme Court in the ongoing Aadhaar case.