Aadhaar law is sound: UIDAI to Supreme Court
He said prosecution is provided under Aadhaar law and penalty is provided under Information Technology Act.
New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Tuesday asserted in the Supreme Court that Aadhaar law is very sound and it provides for proper and adequate safeguards against data breach.
Senior counsel Rakesh Diwedi, appearing for UIDAI made this assertion before a Constitution Bench of the Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.K. Sikri, A.M. Kanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan, hearing a batch of petitions challenging the legal validity of Aadhaar law.
Mr Diwedi said this in response to a query from Justice Chandrachud as to what are the safeguards in the Aadhaar law and whether any prosecution or penalty is provided for data breach. He also dispelled the apprehensions that UIDAI is collecting and storing personal information in ‘meta data’.
He said prosecution is provided under Aadhaar law and penalty is provided under Information Technology Act.