The Delhi High Court while hearing the plea of “climate activist” Disha Ravi on Friday said there should be a balance between the right to privacy and freedom of speech of people, and sovereignty and integrity of the country.
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “Aadhaar during UPA regime had no protection of law. How the government could collect data or insist upon biometrics without any legislative sanction? We made Aadhaar law and provided legal framework for protection its data.”
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi likened the Supreme Court ruling on the Right to Privacy to a “sound rejection of the BJP’s ideology of suppression through surveillance”.
Supreme Court’s nine judge bench rules Right To Privacy as a fundamental right.
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