Privacy a fundamental right: India won't be surveillance state now
In a nutshell, every citizen has the right to privacy, legal experts explained.
Legal experts have rightly described the Supreme Court verdict in the privacy case as a watershed movement. The SC on Thursday declared Right to Privacy to be a fundamental right.
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The case has a huge impact on the billions of citizens of India. As a result of this verdict the powers of a state are curbed to a certain extent. The decisions taken by the state when it comes to information among other things will stand the scrutiny of this verdict.
Everything
would
be
tested
and
checked
and
tested
on
the
basis
of
this
verdict.
In
a
nutshell,
every
citizen
has
the
right
to
privacy,
legal
experts
explained.
The
biggest
bearing
this
verdict
is
likely
to
have
is
on
the
Aadhaar
case.
The
petitioners
had
contended
that
Aadhaar
was
turning
India
into
a
surveillance
state.
While the privacy verdict remained divorce from the Aadhaar case, it would still have a bearing. The petitioners would now quote this judgment to state the government cannot monitor its citizens on the basis of information considering that Right to Privacy is a fundamental right.
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