Right To Privacy Verdict

Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, who took oath as the 47th Chief Justice of India today, has decided several key cases and was part of the recent historic verdict that paved way for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

The Trinamool Congress, who had vociferously argued against linking Aadhaar number with phone connections and bank accounts, saying it was an infringement on one's Right to Privacy, welcomed Wednesday's Supreme Court verdict. "We welcome the verdict by the Supreme Court. It is a victory of the people of this country and we are very happy," West Ben...

The Supreme Court said that as of today "we do not find anything in Aadhaar Act which violates right to privacy of individual citizen".

The Supreme Court today said that the Aadhaar scheme which collects biometric data from every citizen and assigns a national identity card to them does not violate the right to privacy and is constitutionally valid. The government, which has been arguing for the mandatory use of Aadhaar for all major transactions, has said that it holds that privac...

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.

Homosexuality is not a crime in India anymore. In a historic verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday, overturned a 2013 judgement, which had upheld the 157-year-old colonial-era law, criminalizing gay sex. In a unanimous verdict, a five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, RF ...

The Centre today justified the Aadhaar Act in the Supreme Court, saying it was a "fair and reasonable law" which complied with the tests prescribed by the historic verdict on the right to privacy.

Aadhaar details will have to be furnished to benefit from any welfare schemes till the end of the year, the government said in court today, extending the original deadline of September 30. Whether the state can compulsorily link Aadhar - a 12-digit unique number assigned to every Indian - to various programs and all financial transactions has been ...

The landmark judgement declaring right to privacy a fundamental right would have "some bearing" in matters relating to slaughter of cows, bulls and bullocks in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court said on Friday.

Nandan Nilekani, the new Chairman of Infosys and Aadhaar architect, today expressed confidence that the biometric identifier will sail with "flying colours" as it addresses the design principles laid down by the Supreme Court with regard to privacy.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday pitched the Supreme Court's verdict that privacy is a fundamental right as a reaffirmation of the government's position. But he was soon contradicted by the government's former top law officer.

Twinkle Khanna's new Instagram post invoked the recent verdict inthe Triple Talaq case and Supreme Court's landmark judgement on Right To Privacy

Opposition leaders on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court judgment, which maintained that right to privacy is a fundamental right, terming it as a setback for the Narendra Modi government.

In a landmark judgement that will impact every citizen, the Supreme Court today ruled that privacy as a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution.

The government welcomes the Supreme Court's verdict that privacy is a fundamental right, said Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today, asserting that the judgment by a nine-member bench affirms the government's position. It was the first government response to what critics have called a massive setback for it after it argued in court that the ...

Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, who took oath as the 47th Chief Justice of India today, has decided several key cases and was part of the recent historic verdict that paved way for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

The Trinamool Congress, who had vociferously argued against linking Aadhaar number with phone connections and bank accounts, saying it was an infringement on one's Right to Privacy, welcomed Wednesday's Supreme Court verdict. "We welcome the verdict by the Supreme Court. It is a victory of the people of this country and we are very happy," West Ben...

The Supreme Court said that as of today "we do not find anything in Aadhaar Act which violates right to privacy of individual citizen".

The Supreme Court today said that the Aadhaar scheme which collects biometric data from every citizen and assigns a national identity card to them does not violate the right to privacy and is constitutionally valid. The government, which has been arguing for the mandatory use of Aadhaar for all major transactions, has said that it holds that privac...

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.

Homosexuality is not a crime in India anymore. In a historic verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday, overturned a 2013 judgement, which had upheld the 157-year-old colonial-era law, criminalizing gay sex. In a unanimous verdict, a five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, RF ...

The Centre today justified the Aadhaar Act in the Supreme Court, saying it was a "fair and reasonable law" which complied with the tests prescribed by the historic verdict on the right to privacy.

Aadhaar details will have to be furnished to benefit from any welfare schemes till the end of the year, the government said in court today, extending the original deadline of September 30. Whether the state can compulsorily link Aadhar - a 12-digit unique number assigned to every Indian - to various programs and all financial transactions has been ...

The landmark judgement declaring right to privacy a fundamental right would have "some bearing" in matters relating to slaughter of cows, bulls and bullocks in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court said on Friday.

Nandan Nilekani, the new Chairman of Infosys and Aadhaar architect, today expressed confidence that the biometric identifier will sail with "flying colours" as it addresses the design principles laid down by the Supreme Court with regard to privacy.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday pitched the Supreme Court's verdict that privacy is a fundamental right as a reaffirmation of the government's position. But he was soon contradicted by the government's former top law officer.

Twinkle Khanna's new Instagram post invoked the recent verdict inthe Triple Talaq case and Supreme Court's landmark judgement on Right To Privacy

Opposition leaders on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court judgment, which maintained that right to privacy is a fundamental right, terming it as a setback for the Narendra Modi government.

In a landmark judgement that will impact every citizen, the Supreme Court today ruled that privacy as a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution.

The government welcomes the Supreme Court's verdict that privacy is a fundamental right, said Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today, asserting that the judgment by a nine-member bench affirms the government's position. It was the first government response to what critics have called a massive setback for it after it argued in court that the ...