New Delhi: The Aadhaar law, which impacts human rights protected as fundamental rights in the Constitution in every possible way, must not remain in the statute, argued senior counsel Shyam Divan in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Mr. Divan in his rejoinder told a five judge Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.K. Sikri, A.M. Kanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan that Aadhaar law is an ex-facie violation of an individual’s fundamental right to privacy.
The overall impact of Aadhaaar law, which affects ‘right to privacy’ and lacked security for protection of data, violated every aspect of human rights guaranteed under the Constitution, argued Mr. Divan. He urged the court not to falter by upholding the law merely on the ground that huge money had been spent on the programme. It should be struck down as unconstitutional, he said, and added “seeding” Aadhaar numbers added to the risk of identity theft as mere possession of the number can enable an identity thief to access a host of other information.
