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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
TopicAadhaar

Topic: Aadhaar

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

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

Supreme Court refuses to strike down Aadhaar but says private bodies can’t insist on it

Supreme Court strikes down a section of Aadhaar Act which allows mobile companies, banks and schools to demand Aadhaar.  New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday...

God, please save India from our ‘wine ‘n cheese’ Aadhaarophobics

If the government wants to keep track of a citizen, it can do so very easily. It doesn’t need Aadhaar for that.

One year later, how has the fundamental right to privacy changed our world?

The landmark Supreme Court judgment has had a direct influence on three very important cases — Aadhaar, Section 377 and data protection.

India’s privacy ruling is a year old & we haven’t even unpacked its full potential

The landmark ruling will keep expanding the landscape of civil rights in the country.

Data protection panel ‘may have’ been a divided house, decision is collective: Justice Srikrishna

The retired judge admits the committee faced pressure from business and trade, tries to allay fears over proposed amendments to the RTI Act.

India can offer a radically new way of looking at data: Nandan Nilekani

We must have protection. But there’s more than that. Is there a way to empower people to use their data to their own advantage? That’s really a whole new idea.

Draft data protection bill pays little attention to the dangers of state power

Individual rights need protection from both state and private digital players. The Srikrishna Committee draft bill recognises one dangerous actor but seems to have forgotten the other.

What harm can you do to me if you have my Aadhaar details, asks Trai chairman R.S. Sharma

As the debate intensifies before the Supreme Court judgment, the outgoing Trai chairman says Aadhaar doesn’t violate privacy.

Guess what? Law Commission never recommended legalising betting & gambling, says its chief

Chairman B.S. Chauhan also tells ThePrint using Aadhaar to regulate betting & gambling was a suggestion of some stakeholders who favour legalised betting.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy doesn’t need DOGE. Hiring more would be better for efficiency

The view that bureaucracies are bloated with far too many employees preying on taxpayers money is a widely held myth. Research shows how significantly understaffed the Indian state is.

India’s Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code is struggling to deliver. It’ll take a decade to clear backlog

The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts. 

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.