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Law Linking Aadhaar, Voter ID Challenged In Court, Hearing Tomorrow
The controversial law linking Aadhaar and Voter Identity Card has been challenged in the Supreme Court, with Congress's Randeep Singh Surjewala demanding that it be repealed. The top court will hear the case tomorrow.
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Rules To Regulate Social Media By January 15: Centre To Supreme Court
New rules to regulate hate speech, fake news, defamatory posts and anti-national activities on social media will be finalised by January 15, the government told the Supreme Court today. The top court also transferred all cases pending at the Madras, Bombay and Madhya Pradesh High Courts, concerning a demand for sharing of decrypted data of social m...
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Supreme Court Aadhaar Verdict "Balanced", Say IT Industry Leaders
The Supreme Court verdict in the Aadhaar case is balanced as it has upheld the constitutional validity of the scheme while also addressing data privacy issues, leading figures in the information technology (IT) industry said.
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On Aadhaar, Justice Ashok Bhushan Concurs With Majority Verdict
Justice Ashok Bhushan, in his separate verdict in the Aadhaar case, concurred with the majority three-judge judgement and said that the government and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) were empowered to cure defects in the Aadhaar scheme.
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Aadhaar Empowers Those On Margins, Says Top Court, Order Being Delivered
A decision on whether Aadhaar, or the national identity card, violates the Constitution, will be declared by five senior most judges of the Supreme Court today. For a record 38 days, the Supreme Court heard some 27 petitions that had challenged the constitutional validity of Aadhaar and called it a violation of the right to privacy of citizens.
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Aadhaar, Ayodhya And Adultery: Important Cases In Top Court Next Week
The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce next week judgement in several important cases including Aadhaar, Ayodhya and adultery that would have bearings on the right to privacy, politics and social morality.
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For Chief Justice Dipak Misra's Last Month In Court, 5 Impactful Cases
From gay rights to adultery and entrance for woman in Kerala's famous Sabarimala temple, a five-judge constitution bench is expected to deliver a record number of judgments this month that have challenged the country's social fabric. There is also the question of validity of Aadhaar, which the government wants linked to every aspect of life - from ...
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Aadhaar Verdict Reserved By Supreme Court, 2nd Longest Case Ever
The verdict on a clutch of 27 petitions that challenged the constitutional validity of Aadhaar was reserved by the Supreme Court today, after a marathon hearing that stretched over nearly 4 months. Petitioners' advocate Udayaditya Banerjee told NDTV that they were expected a "good judgment, maybe in July or August".
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Congress Supported It Too: Aadhaar Body Criticised Kapil Sibal
The Aadhaar scheme has the support of two successive governments and senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who had opposed it for a party in the Supreme Court, was part of the empowered Group of Ministers which had dealt with the 12 digit unique national identifier issue, the UIDAI counsel said today.
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Aadhaar Data Leak Can Influence Poll Outcome, Says Supreme Court
A leak of Aadhaar data can influence the outcome of an election, the Supreme Court said today, expressing its concerns about the issue amid the huge controversy over the illegal use of Facebook data in the US elections.
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In Top Court, A PowerPoint Presentation By Aadhaar Boss To Clear Doubts
In a rare move, the Supreme Court bench hearing the legal challenge to the Aadhaar law has agreed to allow a PowerPoint presentation to be made on the controversial identification system. The five-judge bench accepted the request from the government's top law officer KK Venugopal after he argued that the chief of UIDAI, the body that issues the 12-...
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Man Moves Supreme Court For Biometric Details Of His Dead Father From UIDAI
In a rare case, a human resources manager from Bengaluru moved the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking a direction to the UIDAI to return biometric data collected for Aadhaar card of his father who died.
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Free Choice Or State Decision: Kapil Sibal Sharpens Argument On Aadhaar In Supreme Court
The legal challenge to the Aadhaar identification programme is the most important case ever heard by the Supreme Court, more important than the 1976 verdict in which the top court upheld suspension of fundamental rights during Emergency, senior lawyer Kapil Sibal told five judges of the Supreme Court today.
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'Don't Care If I Am Known As Aadhaar Judge,' Says Justice Chandrachud
The hearing in the crucial Aadhaar case had its moment of drama today as raised voice from an advocate drew a stinging rebuke from a judge. A five-judge constitution bench is hearing the contentious petition challenges the validity of Aadhaar, the 12-digit Unique Identification number that has been made mandatory by the government for welfare schem...
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"Big Brother Is Constantly Watching Us," Supreme Court Told In Aadhaar Case
"Big brother is constantly watching us... Why should the big brother have data? He may use it," senior lawyer Kapil Sibal told a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday hearing petitions that contend the Aadhaar identification programme violates an individual's fundamental right to privacy.
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Law Linking Aadhaar, Voter ID Challenged In Court, Hearing Tomorrow
The controversial law linking Aadhaar and Voter Identity Card has been challenged in the Supreme Court, with Congress's Randeep Singh Surjewala demanding that it be repealed. The top court will hear the case tomorrow.
-
Rules To Regulate Social Media By January 15: Centre To Supreme Court
New rules to regulate hate speech, fake news, defamatory posts and anti-national activities on social media will be finalised by January 15, the government told the Supreme Court today. The top court also transferred all cases pending at the Madras, Bombay and Madhya Pradesh High Courts, concerning a demand for sharing of decrypted data of social m...
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Supreme Court Aadhaar Verdict "Balanced", Say IT Industry Leaders
The Supreme Court verdict in the Aadhaar case is balanced as it has upheld the constitutional validity of the scheme while also addressing data privacy issues, leading figures in the information technology (IT) industry said.
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On Aadhaar, Justice Ashok Bhushan Concurs With Majority Verdict
Justice Ashok Bhushan, in his separate verdict in the Aadhaar case, concurred with the majority three-judge judgement and said that the government and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) were empowered to cure defects in the Aadhaar scheme.
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Aadhaar Empowers Those On Margins, Says Top Court, Order Being Delivered
A decision on whether Aadhaar, or the national identity card, violates the Constitution, will be declared by five senior most judges of the Supreme Court today. For a record 38 days, the Supreme Court heard some 27 petitions that had challenged the constitutional validity of Aadhaar and called it a violation of the right to privacy of citizens.
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Aadhaar, Ayodhya And Adultery: Important Cases In Top Court Next Week
The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce next week judgement in several important cases including Aadhaar, Ayodhya and adultery that would have bearings on the right to privacy, politics and social morality.
-
For Chief Justice Dipak Misra's Last Month In Court, 5 Impactful Cases
From gay rights to adultery and entrance for woman in Kerala's famous Sabarimala temple, a five-judge constitution bench is expected to deliver a record number of judgments this month that have challenged the country's social fabric. There is also the question of validity of Aadhaar, which the government wants linked to every aspect of life - from ...
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Aadhaar Verdict Reserved By Supreme Court, 2nd Longest Case Ever
The verdict on a clutch of 27 petitions that challenged the constitutional validity of Aadhaar was reserved by the Supreme Court today, after a marathon hearing that stretched over nearly 4 months. Petitioners' advocate Udayaditya Banerjee told NDTV that they were expected a "good judgment, maybe in July or August".
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Congress Supported It Too: Aadhaar Body Criticised Kapil Sibal
The Aadhaar scheme has the support of two successive governments and senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who had opposed it for a party in the Supreme Court, was part of the empowered Group of Ministers which had dealt with the 12 digit unique national identifier issue, the UIDAI counsel said today.
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Aadhaar Data Leak Can Influence Poll Outcome, Says Supreme Court
A leak of Aadhaar data can influence the outcome of an election, the Supreme Court said today, expressing its concerns about the issue amid the huge controversy over the illegal use of Facebook data in the US elections.
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In Top Court, A PowerPoint Presentation By Aadhaar Boss To Clear Doubts
In a rare move, the Supreme Court bench hearing the legal challenge to the Aadhaar law has agreed to allow a PowerPoint presentation to be made on the controversial identification system. The five-judge bench accepted the request from the government's top law officer KK Venugopal after he argued that the chief of UIDAI, the body that issues the 12-...
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Man Moves Supreme Court For Biometric Details Of His Dead Father From UIDAI
In a rare case, a human resources manager from Bengaluru moved the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking a direction to the UIDAI to return biometric data collected for Aadhaar card of his father who died.
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Free Choice Or State Decision: Kapil Sibal Sharpens Argument On Aadhaar In Supreme Court
The legal challenge to the Aadhaar identification programme is the most important case ever heard by the Supreme Court, more important than the 1976 verdict in which the top court upheld suspension of fundamental rights during Emergency, senior lawyer Kapil Sibal told five judges of the Supreme Court today.
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'Don't Care If I Am Known As Aadhaar Judge,' Says Justice Chandrachud
The hearing in the crucial Aadhaar case had its moment of drama today as raised voice from an advocate drew a stinging rebuke from a judge. A five-judge constitution bench is hearing the contentious petition challenges the validity of Aadhaar, the 12-digit Unique Identification number that has been made mandatory by the government for welfare schem...
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"Big Brother Is Constantly Watching Us," Supreme Court Told In Aadhaar Case
"Big brother is constantly watching us... Why should the big brother have data? He may use it," senior lawyer Kapil Sibal told a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday hearing petitions that contend the Aadhaar identification programme violates an individual's fundamental right to privacy.
