Supreme Court’s balancing act on Aadhaar, and adultery law’s fall

Sandeep Adhwaryu | The Times of India

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Alok Nirantar | Twitter

Alok Nirantar comments on Supreme Court’s ‘balanced’ verdict Wednesday as it upheld both Aadhaar and the right to privacy.

Manjul | Midday

Reacting to the Aadhaar verdict, Manjul says the ‘surveillance state’ is still around.

 

Sandeep Adhwaryu | The Times of India

Along the same lines, In The Times of India, Sandeep Adhwaryu draws the common man who can barely cover himself after the Aadhaar verdict.

Manoj Kureel | The Indian Eye

In The Indian Eye, Manoj Kureel highlights the contrast between the ‘foreign support’ that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have received recently. US President Donald Trump praised Modi for India’s progress, while ex-Pakistan minister Rehman Malik praised Rahul Gandhi for exposing the BJP government in the Rafale deal.

Mika Aziz | Twitter

Mika Aziz celebrates the defeat of the draconian adultery law, which gave the husband the right to prosecute his wife’s lover. “Husband is not the master of his wife,” said the Supreme Court as it struck down the law Thursday.