In writing a dissenting opinion that differs greatly on the validity of Aadhaar as a money bill, the constitutionality of Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act and on whether the unique identification programme lays the ground for a surveillance state, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud has laid the ground for future political and judicial debate.
The Wire brings you a selected curation of what the judge feels on different aspects of the Aadhaar project and its enabling legislation.
On Aadhaar as the new oil
While data is the new oil, it still eludes the life of the average citizen. If access to welfare entitlements is tagged to unique data sets, skewed access to informational resources should not lead to perpetuating the pre-existing inequalities of access to public resources.
An identification project that involves the collection of the biometric and demographic information of 1.3 billion people, creating the largest biometric identity project in the world, must be scrutinised carefully to assess its compliance with human rights.
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