Right To Privacy
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Internet data firms stirring up Aadhaar privacy debate, suspects TRAI chief
India | Feb 18, 2019, 09:30 PM ISTSharma, who was involved in development of Aadhaar, said that the Supreme Court after lot of deliberations held there is no threat to individual privacy from Aadhaar and despite this judgement many people continue to debate on Aadhaar.
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Aadhaar Verdict: Supreme Court upholds constitutional validity but with conditions
India | Sep 26, 2018, 02:31 PM ISTThe top court said Aadhaar is serving much bigger public interest and Aadhaar means unique and it is better to be unique than being best.
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2016 Aadhaar law can't cure right to privacy invasion since 2009: Supreme Court told
India | Feb 21, 2018, 09:41 PM ISTThe Supreme Court was on Wednesday told that the invasion of citizens' right to privacy since 2009 can't be saved and validated by a 2016 law.
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Sibal uses PM’s Davos speech to assail Aadhaar scheme in SC
India | Feb 06, 2018, 08:11 PM ISTSenior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the West Bengal government, referred to parts of Modi’s recent speech at the World Economic Forum at Davos to assail Aadhaar scheme in the apex court.
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Aadhaar myth buster: UIDAI answers all your concerns through FAQs
India | Jan 17, 2018, 07:46 PM ISTThe Aadhaar myth buster series is aimed at quelling fears that the ID or its number can be used to track private activities of its owners or to persecute them on the basis of the information.
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Supreme Court bench to commence hearing on Constitutional validity of Aadhaar cards
India | Jan 16, 2018, 11:37 PM ISTIn August, a nine judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled that Indians enjoy a fundamental right to privacy, now the court will look at whether or not Aadhaar violates an individual’s privacy.
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Year ender 2017 News: Justice Karnan, triple talaq, right to privacy hogged limelight in SC in 2017
India | Dec 28, 2017, 03:07 PM ISTIn the midst of all these developments, the verdicts cherished most by citizens and that hogged the international glare was that of Triple Talaq.
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Year Ender 2017 News: From Right to Privacy to Triple Talaq, 10 landmark Supreme Court judgments
India | Dec 27, 2017, 04:42 PM ISTFrom Right to Privacy to triple talaq, there were several key issues where verdicts by the apex court altered the status quo.
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Centre likely to extend deadline to link Aadhaar to March 31, with a rider
India | Dec 07, 2017, 12:51 PM ISTCentre's directive making linkage of Aadhaar mandatory for mobile numbers and bank accounts has been challenged in SC on grounds that it infringes upon an individual's right to privacy.
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Over 200 govt websites made Aadhaar details public, UIDAI reveals in RTI response
India | Nov 20, 2017, 11:16 AM ISTThe UIDAI said it had taken note of the breach and got the data removed from those websites.
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Privacy threat: '40 pc Indians sharing data with world, CIA through smartphones and Apps'
Sep 01, 2017, 01:23 PM ISTAn astounding number of Indian smartphone users, around 40 per cent, knowingly or otherwise, share data with others across the world, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a parliamentary panel has reportedly been told
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No change in deadline for Aadhaar-PAN linkage despite SC's privacy verdict: UIDAI CEO
Aug 25, 2017, 02:39 PM ISTUIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey said the top court's verdict on privacy has no bearing on the requirement for taxpayers to link their Aadhaar with PAN by month-end
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Privacy verdict to have 'some bearing' in matters related to beef in Maharashtra: SC
India | Aug 25, 2017, 02:27 PM ISTThe Supreme Court had yesterday said "nobody would like to be told what to eat or how to dress" while ruling that these activities come under the realm of the right to privacy
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Haqikat Kya Hai: Right to Privacy likely to impacts Aadhaar, freedom of expression, etc
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SC 'overrules' two previous judgements: Here's what the judges said on privacy
India | Aug 24, 2017, 08:36 PM ISTHaving over-ruled the judgments pronounced 63 years and 55 years ago in 1954 and 1962 respectively, Justice Chandrachud said that privacy is the constitutional core of human dignity which has both a normative and descriptive function
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'Sexual orientation essential attribute of privacy': SC’s verdict could impact Section 377
India | Aug 24, 2017, 06:10 PM ISTIn several references in the judgement, Justice Chandrachud on Thursday dismissed the reasons cited by the Supreme Court in upholding Section 377 that criminalises gay sex
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Right to privacy remains with an individual till the last breath: Justice Sapre
India | Aug 24, 2017, 05:23 PM ISTThe right to privacy of an individual is a natural, cherished, inseparable and inalienable right which is born with a human being and extinguishes with it, the Supreme Court said today
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‘Privacy a fundamental right with reasonable restrictions’: Govt reacts to SC decision
National | Aug 24, 2017, 07:59 PM ISTThe nine judges unanimously overruled the two earlier judgements of the apex court that right to privacy is not protected under the Constitution. The bench overruled the M P Sharma verdict of 1954 and that of Kharak Singh of 1962.
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Right to Privacy: Govt welcomes SC judgment, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Mamata Banerjee welcomes SC verdict on right to privacy
National | Aug 24, 2017, 02:40 PM ISTIn a landmark decision that will affect the lives of all Indians, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that right to privacy was a Fundamental right under the Constitution.