Shyam Divan: Aadhaar is purely Voluntary
Today’s update from constitutional challenge to linking Aadhaar and PAN from the Supreme Court Arghya Sengupta started with two broad arguments for the Union of India and UIDAI. (1) That …
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Aadhaar’s “Compelled free consent” is a contradiction in terms.
Press release for Aadhaar – PAN linkage constitutional challenge hearing in the Supreme Court on Friday. Today’s arguments began with the idea of ‘informational self determination”. Informational self-determination was developed …
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The Constitution is not a Charter of Servitude
Press release note on the second day of proceedings in Supreme Court on the linking of Aadhaar with PAN. Excellent arguments by Mr. Shyam Divan.
Unlawful to make Aadhaar mandatory
Recently, I attempted a tweetstorm on why I think the 2016 Aadhaar Act does not override, or render useless, the orders passed in Oct 2015 by the Supreme Court. I …
Derrick Thomas raises important questions about misuse of Aadhaar by terrorists or illegal immigrants
This post has been based on a series of tweets by Derrick Thomas on Twitter. The first few tweets are embedded in the post. If you are on Twitter, please do …
Problems with Aadhaar card – it can provide utility or security, not both
Guest post by @St_Hill examines some problems in the use of Aadhaar where the use of the UIDAI authentication goes beyond what it was designed for and compromises the privacy …
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Nagrik Chetna Manch files contempt against RBI Governor, Chief Election Commissioner and Cabinet Secretary
Nagrik Chetna Manch (NCM) filed a Contempt Petition (21656 of 2015) on 6th July 2015 initiating proceedings for committing civil contempt of the Hon’ble #Supreme Court by violating it’s interim …
Top 10 U-Turns by Modi sarkar posted by @NavenduSingh_
With the number of reversals of pre-election stands this government is doing, it is hardly a surprise that the Modi led government has earned the nickname of “U-Turn sarkar” and …
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10 big problems with the Aadhaar UID card project
While there is no denying that in a country like India, there is a need for identification that people can create easily and use nationwide, the Aadhaar card project goes …
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