Aadhaar verdict

Right to privacy

At the party’s official briefing, former Law Minister Kapil Sibal maintained that the top court had now protected an individual’s right to privacy by striking down Section 57 of the Act that allowed private companies to demand Aadhaar.

But he said the Act has “already done immeasurable harm to the people by allowing biometric data to be collected.”

But on the issue of the majority judgment upholding the Aadhaar Act as a Money Bill, Mr. Sibal said the party agreed with the dissenting view of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud. “If on the ground that this is not a Money Bill this [Aadhaar Act] had been struck down, the marginalised would have lost their rights to get their benefits. Whereas we agree with the minority judgment that this is not a Money Bill...Justice Chandrachud has said it’s a fraud on the Constitution,” Mr. Sibal said.