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Topic: Aadhaar Act

The lazy person’s guide to the Supreme Court’s landmark Aadhaar judgment

Ritika Jain -
The Supreme Court's majority judgment on the Aadhaar Act held that the unique identification system did not create a surveillance state.

Aadhaar verdict is a criticism of the way Indian engineers look at world

Praveen Chakravarty -
An engineer, who was part of UIDAI’s Aadhaar project, says there is a sobering and profound learning in Supreme Court’s judgment.

Were Indian activist-elites using poor to oppose Aadhaar or were their concerns genuine?

ThePrint Team -
The Supreme Court Wednesday ruled in favour of Aadhaar, putting to rest a hotly-contested debate on its constitutional validity and issues of privacy. However,...

5 key takeaways from Supreme Court’s Aadhaar judgment

Apurva Vishwanath -
From bar on private companies to allowing citizens the right to redress a breach, Supreme Court has put in restrictions in use of Aadhaar. 

Here’s what you can do if your Aadhaar is linked to phone and banks accounts

Maneesh Chhibber -
Supreme Court strikes down part of Section 57 of Aadhaar Act that allowed private entities to demand Aadhaar details for authentication.

What will Supreme Court do with Aadhaar? Here are 3 possible scenarios

Apurva Vishwanath -
The court will examine Aadhaar in light of last year’s landmark privacy judgment, and decide issues like its legality and if it can be made mandatory.

Only a new law that addresses concerns can save Aadhaar

Madhav Khosla -
There are procedural and substantive issues plaguing the scheme, from rights violations to excessive delegation to the UIDAI.

Another Aadhaar challenge Supreme Court must address: Excessive delegation

Madhav Khosla -
The issue here is one of procedure: which body has the authority to pass what kinds of rules.

TalkPoint: Are the fears over the security of Aadhaar overblown?

ThePrint Team -
The latest controversy over Aadhaar details being sold for as little as Rs 500 has once again raised concerns about the safety of information with UIDAI.

UIDAI stands ground for filing FIR against reporter, says she committed crime

Chitleen K Sethi -
Regulator says FIR is against the crime that reporter Rachna Khaira committed to get the story. Reporter says she stands by her story. Chandigarh/New Delhi:...
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Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

D.K. Singh -
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Muslims never held Akbar in high regard. Hindus made him ‘Great’

Bihar voter list revision is not anti-democratic—India can’t let illegals influence polls

Economy

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

Udit Bubna -
SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

Defence

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

National Interest

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

Shekhar Gupta -
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.

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