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The new Aadhaar Ordinance challenged
Why in news
- A writ petition has been filed in the SC challenging the new Aadhaar Ordinance and Regulations.
- SC has sought response from centre and UIDAI on the ordinance which has already been passed by Lok Sabha.
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The contention of the petitioner
(1) This ordinance will lead to a “surveillance State” and enable the database to be exploited by private players for commercial gain.
(2) People’s data collected for Aadhaar database is their private property and permitting this to be commercially explored is a violation of their fundamental right to dignity.
(3) The petition said the Ordinance allowed the Aadhaar database to be linked to existing databases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and the Indian Telegraph Act. This posed a grave threat to national security.
SC take on the Issue
(4) Last year the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court specifically struck down provisions, including Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act 2016 that led to commercial exploitation of the database.
(5) The court had found that the architecture and design of the Aadhaar project did not enable mass surveillance of persons under the Aadhaar Act.
Source
The Hindu