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Supreme Court has made the prudent and correct call on Aadhaar. Overall, its benefits to the many far outweigh the risks to some. The judges too acknowledged these risks and minimised them by striking down some clauses. Government now needs to bring in the new privacy and data protection laws.
The SC.. has upheld a balanced judgment on Aadhaar, by axeing undesirable linkings to many odd instruments.
If it were not pushed too far by the Government they could have convinced the courts and the people and could have succeeded.
The resounding beauty and the mechanics of democratic state has proved and emerged as an invincible platform.
The faith and beliefs in the land of justice, specially of SC and the five bench panel of eminent judges is fully restored.
Thanks to eminent advocates defending petitioners, who have stood on grounds giving a stupendous fight seeking justice.