Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 12
On day 12 (Wednesday, 21st February 2018) of the final hearing, Senior advocate Gopal Subramanium resumed his arguments emphasizing upon constitutional value of human dignity….
[Press release] India needs to challenge narratives that claim data protection will stifle innovation
In a round table discussion hosted by SFLC.in, Mouthshut.com, IIT Bombay and Ananta Aspen Centre yesterday, several law and technology experts from industry, civil society,…
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 11
The hearing for Day 11 began with Gopal Subramanium continuing on behalf of petitioners. He started by stating that the Aadhaar Act is unconstitutional. Referring…
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 10
On day 10, Mr. Kapil Sibal resumed his arguments and read out provisions from Israel’s biometric ID law dealing with definition and purpose of biometric…
RTI: MeitY provides details of Blocked Websites/URLs
On August 28, 2017, SFLC.in filed an application under the Right to Information Act, 2005 seeking the following information: 1. The number of websites that…
Round Table Discussion | Building an Indian Data Protection Framework: Next Steps
In the light of recent developments in India’s privacy and data protection landscape, we are organizing Round Table Discussions on Building an Indian Data Protection…
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 8
On Day 8 of the final hearing, continuing his arguments on behalf of the petitioners, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal read out Section 8(3)(c). He stated…
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 7
Today, on Day 7, Senior Advocate Shyam Divan continued reading affidavits of Siraj Dutta from the previous hearing to emphasize on the point that, Aadhaar…
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 6
The hearing for day 6 began with Mr. Shyam Divan, counsel for petitioners, submitting a note on the concept of client IP and device IP. While explaining…
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 5
Day 5 began with Senior Advocate Shyam Divan recapitulating his arguments on surveillance from the previous hearing. He then discussed the ECHR judgment of Zakharov…
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 4
The hearing for Day 4 started with Senior Advocate Shyam Divan taking the court through Section 59 of the Aadhaar Act-the savings clause validating all the…
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 3
The arguments on day 3 commenced with Mr. Shyam Divan continuing with the Privacy judgment in the case of Puttaswamy v. Union of India. He read…