Wednesday, September 26, 2018

SC upholds constitutional validity of Aadhaar; private entities can’t ask for Aadhaar details

The Supreme Court upheld the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar. The Court said that sufficient security measures are taken to protect data and it is difficult to launch surveillance on citizens on the basis of Aadhaar. The Court said that no metadata to be stored in current form. The judgement strikes down Section 57 of Aadhaar Act, 2016, which says private body corporates can seek Aadhaar data. Says it's unconstitutional.

from taxmann.com News https://www.taxmann.com/topstories/222330000000016684/sc-upholds-constitutional-validity-of-aadhaar-private-entities-can’t-ask-for-aadhaar-details.aspx

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