Aadhaar : Our Privacy Under Supreme Court's Review

“How do we define privacy? What are its contents... Its contours? How can the state regulate privacy? What obligations do the state have to protect a person’s privacy?” This is what the court asked the petitioners. In a case challenging Aadhaar on the ground that it affects the privacy of citizens, the court wonders if privacy is an absolute right at all.

Meanwhile in JNU where admissions for the new academic year are going on, a student has been denied hostel accommodation for not having Aadhaar card. She had produced a domicile certificate as has been the practice all these years, but the administration was adamant in insisting on Aadhaar. The student was asked to come back with her Aadhaar by August 16. The administration says it will rethink about her hostel admission if she is unable to produce an Aadhaar card by then.

Aadhaar being made compulsory to get an accommodation facility in a central university! From Aadhaar not being mandatory for availing of government services, this is where we have reached!.

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