Saideepak
If the Supreme Court rules that privacy is a fundamental right under Article 21, the consequences will be complex and far-reaching.
Ever since the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIAI) was constituted through a mere executive notification by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime on 28 January 2009 as an arm of the now-defunct Planning Commission for issuing Aadhaar cards/numbers, many questions have been raised about the constitutional and ethical issues posed by the Aadhaar scheme. Of these, the right to privacy of an individual and consequently, protection of the data collected in the absence of a statutory framework are clearly among the central issues.