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Supreme Courtre serves verdict on right to privacy being a fundamental right
The nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgement over issue of whether right to privacy is a fundamental right or not.
NEW DELHI: The nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgement over issue of whether right to privacy is a fundamental right or not.
On July 26, the Centre had told the apex court that there is a fundamental right to privacy, but is a 'wholly qualified right'.The Centre made this submission before the nine-judge Constitution bench that is hearing the Aadhaar Card privacy matter.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The SC reserved its judgement over issue of whether right to privacy is a fundamental right or not.
- The petitioners had contested that the Aadhaar card raises a privacy threat.
Attorney General KK Venugopal told the apex court that "privacy, as a fundamental right, could have been mentioned in Article 21, but has been omitted. Right to life transcends right to privacy".
In special circumstances, government can interfere in a matter that comes under a wholly qualified right. An absolute right cannot be reduced or amended.
Earlier on July 20, all the petitioners had completed their argument in the apex court. The petitioners contested that the Aadhaar card raises a privacy threat.Yesterday, the apex court had said that there has to be "overarching" guidelines to protect an individual's private information in public domain to ensure that it was used only for an intended purpose.
The bench said this while rejecting the plea of a Gujarat government lawyer that misuse of personal information could be dealt with on a "case-to-case basis" and said an all-embracing guideline was needed keeping in mind the size of the population.
On June 10, the top court had ruled that from July 1 onwards, every person eligible to obtain Aadhar card must quote their Aadhaar number or their Aadhaar Enrolment ID number for filing of Income Tax Returns and while applying for Permanent Account Number (PAN).
