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Right to Privacy as Fundamental Right – The Supreme Court in Aadhar case
August 25 , 2017
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- The Supreme Court has given the verdict in Aadhar case that the individual information is Fundamental Right according to the Indian Constitution.
- The constitution bench, which included nine judges, gave this verdict in the case on whether mandating of aadhar violates the Fundamental Right provided in the Indian constitution.
- There were so many litigations filed in the Supreme Court after the declaration of Aadhar as mandatory for availing various social welfare schemes including LPG, Mid-Day Meal Scheme, Bank services and Old Age Pensions etc.
- The mandate faced heavy criticism citing that it violated the Right to Privacy guaranteed to the citizen as a Fundamental Right in the Indian Constitution.
- Earlier, with respect to individual privacy, the Supreme Court bench, which included eight judges, gave verdict in M.P.Sharma and Karak Singh case. To take decision in this matter a bench was formed comprised of Chief Justice of India J.S.Kher, J.Chellameswar, S.A.Bapte, D.Y.Chandra Chud,Abdul Nazeer, R.K. Agarwal, R.F. Nariman, A.M.Sapre and S.K.Kaul.
- In this most expected case, the nine-judge bench gave the historical verdict on 24th of August, 2017. All the nine judges gave the verdict in the same line that the Right to Privacy is a Fundamental Right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.
- The Supreme Court has given this verdict simultaneously when the central government is making the Aadhar mandatory for availing many social welfare schemes.
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