The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India will pronounce its order on interim relief in the Aadhaar matter at 10:30 am tomorrow. The Bench will start final hearing in the case on January 10, 2018..The matter is being heard by a five-judge Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AK Sikri, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan..Earlier today, Senior Advocate Shyam Divan made arguments on behalf of the petitioner, with Attorney General KK Venugopal appearing for the Centre..During the post-lunch session, apart from Divan, a number of Senior Advocates including Gopal Subramanium, Meenakshi Arora, KV Viswanathan, Arvind Datar, KTS Tulsi, Anand Grover, Sajan Poovayya as well as Advocate Prashant Bhushan, argued against the Aadhaar scheme..Here is a summary of their arguments:.Supreme Court by its interim order has insulated citizens against compulsion to part with biometrics, Gopal SubramaniumAn interim order protecting citizens fundamental rights cannot be obliterated by legislationIt is another thing that validity of law will be examined by this court later. But the sanctity of judicial order must be maintainedIf it has got nothing to do with the Consolidated Fund of India like subsidies etc, then Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory, Arvind Datar.Article 144 enjoins all authorities to act in aid of the Supreme Court of India, not contrary to its orders.Banking system has worked well for the last 70 years without Aadhaar, Meenakshi AroraThere are serious Constitutional aspects involved, it is not just about mobile or banks. Citizens are being forced to barter their Constitutional rights, KV Viswanathan.Read the morning session arguments here..Image courtesy:.Meenakshi Arora.Anand Grover.KTS Tulsi
The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India will pronounce its order on interim relief in the Aadhaar matter at 10:30 am tomorrow. The Bench will start final hearing in the case on January 10, 2018..The matter is being heard by a five-judge Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AK Sikri, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan..Earlier today, Senior Advocate Shyam Divan made arguments on behalf of the petitioner, with Attorney General KK Venugopal appearing for the Centre..During the post-lunch session, apart from Divan, a number of Senior Advocates including Gopal Subramanium, Meenakshi Arora, KV Viswanathan, Arvind Datar, KTS Tulsi, Anand Grover, Sajan Poovayya as well as Advocate Prashant Bhushan, argued against the Aadhaar scheme..Here is a summary of their arguments:.Supreme Court by its interim order has insulated citizens against compulsion to part with biometrics, Gopal SubramaniumAn interim order protecting citizens fundamental rights cannot be obliterated by legislationIt is another thing that validity of law will be examined by this court later. But the sanctity of judicial order must be maintainedIf it has got nothing to do with the Consolidated Fund of India like subsidies etc, then Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory, Arvind Datar.Article 144 enjoins all authorities to act in aid of the Supreme Court of India, not contrary to its orders.Banking system has worked well for the last 70 years without Aadhaar, Meenakshi AroraThere are serious Constitutional aspects involved, it is not just about mobile or banks. Citizens are being forced to barter their Constitutional rights, KV Viswanathan.Read the morning session arguments here..Image courtesy:.Meenakshi Arora.Anand Grover.KTS Tulsi
