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...
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.
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.
Chairman B.S. Chauhan also tells ThePrint using Aadhaar to regulate betting & gambling was a suggestion of some stakeholders who favour legalised betting.
On 19 November 1962, PM Jawaharlal Nehru addressed the people of Assam in a radio address and spoke of the resolve against Chinese attack, saying India won't tolerate this invasion.
Hopefully, Justice Chandrachud’s minority view that recourse to the Money Bill route was wrong will serve as a note of caution. Like the Mauritius route, a lot of dodgy stuff has been getting through, with the Speaker playing along …
The apex court has struck a fair balance. Indiscriminate recourse to Aadhaar – mobiles, bank accounts, etc – has been struck down. What should worry the government is that this programme is falling flat even on its most basic duty, viz, to prevent misuse or diversion under welfare / subsidy programmes such as the PDS. Recently, in a case from Uttar Pradesh, as many as 1.8 lac fraudulent transactions for diversion of food grains have come to light. It is also now clear that the data bases are easily hacked into.
Hopefully, Justice Chandrachud’s minority view that recourse to the Money Bill route was wrong will serve as a note of caution. Like the Mauritius route, a lot of dodgy stuff has been getting through, with the Speaker playing along …
Justice Chandrachud is a fine jurist. Far sighted, genuinely liberal, reflects the aspirations of a changing society.
The apex court has struck a fair balance. Indiscriminate recourse to Aadhaar – mobiles, bank accounts, etc – has been struck down. What should worry the government is that this programme is falling flat even on its most basic duty, viz, to prevent misuse or diversion under welfare / subsidy programmes such as the PDS. Recently, in a case from Uttar Pradesh, as many as 1.8 lac fraudulent transactions for diversion of food grains have come to light. It is also now clear that the data bases are easily hacked into.