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Aadhaar hearings: Petitioners seek compensation for starvation deaths and extension of March 31st deadline
Asheeta Regidi • 7 years agoOn Day 13 of the Aadhaar hearings yesterday, senior counsel Gopal Subramaniam concluded his arguments for the petitioners.
Aadhaar hearings: Petitioners argue that Aadhaar violates dignity by objectifying and depersonalizing an individual
Asheetar • 7 years agoThe petitioners first continued with their arguments since Day 11 on dignity as a protected facet of Article 21 of the Constitution
Aadhaar Hearings: Counsel argues that Aadhaar is more secure than a data protection law, SC disagrees
Asheetar • 7 years agoThe Bench, while discussing apprehensions of misuse of data, observed that a blinkered view of reality could not be taken while dealing with Aadhaar.
Aadhaar hearing: Petitioners argue that Aadhaar is an RTI Act for the State and violates right against self-incrimination
Asheeta Regidi • 7 years agoThe Bench observed that this exclusion caused by Aadhaar is a ground for violation of Article 14, the right to equality, indicating grounds for its unconstitutionality.
Aadhaar hearings: Aadhaar is architecturally unconstitutional, argue the petitioners
Asheeta Regidi • 7 years agoFor the Aadhaar Act to be constitutional, the petitioners argued that it firstly needs to meet the tests of substantive and procedural reasonableness.
Aadhaar hearing: UIDAI’s presentation discusses Aadhaar enrolment, updation and authentication processes in detail
Asheeta Regidi • 7 years agoDiscussing the set up of the Aadhaar system, he stated that 9000 crores had been invested by the government in setting up and operationalizing the UIDAI
Aadhaar hearing: Entire Aadhaar project is beyond the stated objectives of Aadhaar Act, argue petitioners
Asheeta Regidi • 7 years agoThe issues raised included that the entire Aadhaar project is beyond the Act’s objectives, the excessive data collection under KYR+ and State Resident Data Hubs (SRDHs),
Aadhaar hearing: Petitioners conclude their arguments on 'the number of the beast' Aadhaar, highlighting various issues
Asheeta Regidi • 7 years agoIssues raised were lack of proportionality and purpose, limitation with the large-scale collection and retention of data under the Aadhaar Project.
Aadhaar hearing: Supreme Court expresses concerns with data breaches, Aadhaar security and profiling
Asheeta Regidi • 7 years agoThe issue of data breaches from points other than the CIDR was also raised. Also, the Bench refused to extend the deadline for Section 7 benefits.
Aadhaar hearing: Petitioners question UIDAI on verification of residency requirement, de-duplication rejections and authentication failures
Asheeta Regidi • 7 years agoThe Aadhaar Act, the Attorney General argued, is a just, fair, and a reasonable law. The motive of Aadhaar was in the larger public interest