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#AadhaarVerdict
There are three judgements. One by J. Sikri. CJI and J. Khanwilkar concur with him.
Other two judgments are by J. Chandrachud and J. Bhushan.

J. Sikri: It is better to be unique than the best. Being unique is the basis of Aadhaar. Talks about how Aadhaar is the most talked about identification system in the world.

J. Sikri reads out the summary of the arguments made by the petitioners and the respondents.

Out of the 5 judges who heard the challenge to #Section377, four will be giving separate opinions - CJI Misra, J. Nariman, J. Chandrachud and J. Indu Malhotra. J. Khanwilkar has concurred with one of the opinions.

Since there will be 4 judgments, we advise everyone following our tweets to not come to a conclusion till all 4 judges have given their opinions. We will be live tweeting as the judgments are delivered #Section377

#Section377 CJI - Khanwilakr have concurred. CJI has started - Sans identity the name only remains a plain factor. Emphasis is laid on the identity of a person. The sustenance of identity is the pillar of life.

India's Data Protection Bill Should Not be Rushed Through - @MishiChoudhary and Eben Moglen thewire.in/tech/with-conc…

The policy-makers must consider how their domestic law and policy will fit into that global context. The report does not address this question at all.

Govt. should not only be seeking to harmonise Indian data protection law with GDPR in order to maximise Indian firms access to the global data economy, it should be directly engaged with the European Commission in seeking mutual opportunities to define Euro-Indian global regime

Workshop Session 1, Day 1 #APrIGF2018: Pacific ICT Plenary Challenge and Opportunities of Connectivity in Small Island states, now begins.

The first panelist is Prime Minister of Vanuatu, he starts by highlighting the challenges and experience s of Vanuatu.#APrIGF2018

Firstly, he mentioned about the Geo graphical challenges of Vanuatu. Telecom service providers often face issues due to lack of land. Then he highlighted the government's interest in collaborating with TSPs. #APrIGF2018

Orientation session at #APrIGF2018, #VintCerf: Internet is not useful if it doesn't work. Resilience is an imp. aspect of the Internet. As the global warming continues, water rise continues there rises concerns for cable landings. #internetsociety

#VintCerf continues to discuss fragile aspects of digital content. He asks the audience if the data they store in whichever form, cloud/hard disk. Will it continue to exist at the same place after 50years? #APrIGF2018

#VintCerf cites an example of how with technological advancement his floppy disks have been rendered useless. And in this light, he urges the tech community to take care of how and where we document our content. #APrIGF2018

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is still asking for mandatory quoting of #Aadhaar in the DIR-3 KYC form for the purpose of updating KYC details of anyone who has been allotted a Director Identification Number(DIN) on or before March 31, 2018.

The form does not show #Aadhaar as a mandatory field but at the time of submission, it gives an error message if the field is left empty.
mca.gov.in/Ministry/pdf/C… .

Also, the FAQs related to it instructs that quoting #Aadhaar is mandatory for citizens of India.

mca.gov.in/MinistryV2/dir…

#Section377 Day 4: Hearing in section 377 matter will commence shortly. #LGBTQ @TheDeltaApp

#Section377 Day 4: The respondents submitted a written petition to the bench. #LGBTQ @TheDeltaApp

#Section377 Respondents state that the Yogyakarta principles are not a treaty or a law and it has no value. Nariman J. followed by saying that they apply to us as per the NALSA judgment of this court. #LGBTQ

Day3, #Section377 hearing will begin shortly. @TheDeltaApp #LGBTQ

#Section377 Sr. Adv. Shyam Divan continues on behalf of the petitioners. #LGBTQ @TheDeltaApp

#Section377 SD: Quoting Shaira Bano case states that, over emphasis on the doctrine of classification can harm the glory of Art. 14 (Equality). #LGBTQ

Day 2, #Section377 hearing will begin shortly.

#Section377 UOI, Adv Tushar Mehta began by submitting that the UOI will not contest and leave the Constitutional validity of consensual sex on the Bench.

#Section377 TM: submitted that the center acknowledges J. CJ understanding that right to choose your partner is a FR.
J. Chandrachud clarified that right to choose your partner is a FR, however in the matter of LGBTQ community, it’s not a matter of choice but it’s innate.

Day 1: Hearing for the constitutionality of #Section377 will begin shortly. #LGBTQI @TheDeltaApp

One of the the petitioners said "In the previous round there were a couple of curative petitions. Let those matters be heard along with this petition" #Section377 #LGBTQI @TheDeltaApp

Rights protected under Article 21, asking for protection. Principal question - correctness of the existing judgment. - Sr. Adv Mukul Rahotgi #Section377 #LGBTQ @TheDeltaApp

We will be live tweeting the Supreme Court proceedings on petitions challenging the constitutionality of #Section377 starting tomorrow. You may catch all our tweets at @SFLCin. Here is a short message from us and Ishan @TheDeltaApp about the impending proceedings. #LGBTQI

The Constitution Bench comprising of - CJI Dipak Misra, J. RF Nariman, J. Khanwilkar, J. DY. Chandrachud & J. Indu Malhotra will be hearing the matter in the CJI's court. #Section377 #LGBTQI @TheDeltaApp

The Bench will be hearing 6 petitions clubbed together, they are as follows: Navtej Singh Johar v. UOI, Akkai Padmashali v. UOI, Keshav Suri v. UOI, Arif Jafar v. UOI, Ashok Rao Kavi & Ors. v. UOI and Anwesh Pokkuluri & Ors. v. UOI. #Section377 #LGBTQI @TheDeltaApp

Group chats on IM apps are breeding grounds for #onlineharassment and #privacy violations, as users can be added without permission. We’ve published an open letter urging @WhatsApp @telegram @signalapp & others to make changes, protect users. sflc.in/open-letter-me…

We call upon other organizations and members of civil society around the world to lend their names and support to this letter. To read the letter and add yourself as a signatory, visit sflc.in/open-letter-me…

Alternatively, you can support this petition: change.org/p/open-letter-…

Last #Aadhaar hearing (day 38) will begin shortly. Petitioners will conclude the rejoinder.

Senior advocate Gopal Subramanium will continue his submissions.

GS: Is Aadhaar really affirmative action? Is the act an enabler or is it in the guise of enabler? The act is not an instrumentality to deliver services. It is only a means of identification.

#Aadhaar (day 37) hearing will begin shortly. Senior advocate, Shyam Divan will resume his submissions.

SD is reading out UIDAI'S answers to the questions posed by the petitioners.

SD says that banks and telecoms we're linking Individuals Aadhaar with their bank accounts and mobile numbers without their permission. It's called inorganic seeding.

#Aadhaar (day 36) hearing will begin shortly. State will conclude it's arguments today.

Attorney General K.K Venugopal commences his submissions. Repeats that Article 110(1)(g) is a standalone provision. There can be a bill that does not relate to 110(1)(a)-(g) but is still covered independently under 110(1)(g)

AG: Therefore the Aadhaar bill did not have to to be passed by the Rajya Sabha. RS could only make recommendations.

#Aadhaar (day 35) hearing will begin shortly.

Advocate Zoheb Hossain will continue his submissions for State of Maharashtra and UIDAI.

ZH hands over a bunch of international charters and covenants to the bench on harmonization of socio-economic and civil political rights.

#Aadhaar (Day 34) hearing will begin shortly. Advocate Gopal Sankarnarayanan will continue his submissions.

J. Chandrachud: Aadhaar section 7 seeks to identity the beneficiaries that require subsidies. It doesn't take away other forms of identity.
GS: Aadhaar is a no.which helps identify people who need subsidies. Many don't need that identity.

GS says he supports Aadhaar for the control, security and safeguards it provides but section 139aa of the income tax act takes away those.

#Aadhaar (day 33) hearing will begin shortly. Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi appearing for State/UIDAI will finish by lunch today.

RD: What sort of control does UIDAI have over RE? Fair and reasonable safeguard under Article 21.

RD: Data under REs is segregated. There's no way to aggregate that data as there are over 300 REs.
J. Sikri: what about an individual RE collecting data?
RD: lets take the example of Vodafone. what will vodafone do with the authentication data? They can't track any individual.

#Aadhaar (Day 32) hearing will begin shortly.
Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi will resume his submissions for the State/ UIDAI. He's likely to finish by lunch tomorrow.

RD quotes two professors from Georgetown university and Stanford law school on conflict of human rights.
Also cites a book of Emmanuel Kant.

RD discusses reasonable and legitimate expectation of privacy from a UK judgement. Says context is very important. A criminal might not have any expectation of personal autonomy whereas a common man will.

#Aadhaar (Day 31) hearing will commence shortly.

"Development requires the removal of major sources of un-freedom, poverty as well as tyranny"- Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi quotes Amartya Sen.

CJI: Liberating people from un-freedom (poverty) is at one end of the spectrum and right to privacy is on the other.
J. Chandrachud: Aadhaar is a means for identification according to you. The only caveat to that is that there should be no exclusion.

#Aadhaar Day 30: Hearing to commence shortly in Supreme Court.

Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi resumes his arguments.

RD: Refers to Section 7. Continues with his argument on probabilistic method. Says that the algorithms which are probabilistic are not all identical.

#Aadhaar (Day 29) hearing will begin shortly.

Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi resumes his submissions. Says it's better to tighten the nuts and bolts of Aadhaar rather than demolishing it completely.

RD cites Section 8 of the Aadhaar act. Says information is strictly confined to the purpose of authentication. Interplay of section 8 and 29 say that core biometrics are not shared.

#Aadhaar (Day 28) hearing will begin shortly.

ASG Tushar Mehta resumes his arguments from yesterday. Says PMLA amendment was made considering the larger public interest. He's reading the relevant provisions of PMLA.

ASG is reading Prevention of Money-laundering(Maintenance of Records) Rules.

#Aadhaar (Day 27) hearing to begin shortly.

ASG Tushar Mehta will resume his submissions from yesterday. He's appearing for UIDAI.

ASG: The argument that the Aadhaar act was made in violation of interim orders of the SC has already been refuted in the case binoy viswam (Aadhaar PAN linking judgment)