The court was told this by senior counsel Shyam Divan as the Constitution Bench commenced hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act
The Supreme Court pointed out that people already give personal information to private insurance or mobile companies voluntarily
I have sleepless nights every third day over hacking threats, says Ajay Bhushan Pandey
The UIDAI chief dismissed concerns that linking of various information with Aadhaar could lead to government monitoring, surveillance or possible misuse
The bench is hearing challenges to the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme on the touchstone of the fundamental right to privacy
Alleged personal details of Trai chairman R S Sharma were leaked after he threw a challenge and tweeted his 12-digit Aadhaar number
The argument was made during the hearing on the Aadhaar issue by senior advocate Shyam Divan before a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra
Attorney General K K Venugopal, who argued for the Centre, said the UIDAI chief executive may deal with technical aspects with more clarity
The judges, meanwhile, asked the attorney general to first argue on the legal contentions first and asked the government to respond to all the arguments made by the petitioners
The bench is expected to decide on a number of petitions challenging the validity of the Aadhaar project, which were tagged together in this matter
Prasad said data protection measures have also been mandated for the requesting entities and eco-system partners
The draft notification to amend the form of application for licence to drive a motor vehicle and the form of driving licence, as prescribed in Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, has been submitted
In a majority verdict, the Supreme Court today declared the Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid
There are three sets of judgments being pronounced on the issue today
That judgement came on Wednesday and the court has upheld the linking of the two databases
The Supreme Court has declared the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme constitutionally valid
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The facility on e-KYC portal has added a new feature to link UAN with Aadhaar online using biometric credentials
'Linking the ration card to the holder's Aaadhaar number had allowed the government to clean up the system,' CR Chaudhary, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
The plea alleged that duplicate voting was prevalent in the country