India's top court rules privacy is a fundamental right
India's Supreme Court has ruled that citizens have a constitutional right to privacy, a landmark verdict that could derail a controversial biometric identification programme that the government is pushing on its people. A nine-judge bench ruled unanimously on Thursday that the right to privacy was "protected as an intrinsic part of Article 21 that protects life and liberty", in a case that challenges Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to make biometric ID cards, known as Aadhaar, mandatory. Aadhaar, which has recorded the fingerprints and iris scans of more than one billion Indians, was set up as a voluntary scheme to streamline benefit payments to millions of poor people and cut fraud. But rights groups say it endangers personal information and security. Al Jazeera's Duncan Crawford reports. - Subscribe to our channel: http://ift.tt/291RaQr - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: http://ift.tt/1iHo6G4 - Check our website: http://ift.tt/snsTgS
India's Supreme Court has ruled that citizens have a constitutional right to privacy, a landmark verdict that could derail a controversial biometric identification programme that the government is pushing on its people. A nine-judge bench ruled unanimously on Thursday that the right to privacy was "protected as an intrinsic part of Article 21 that protects life and liberty", in a case that challenges Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to make biometric ID cards, known as Aadhaar, mandatory. Aadhaar, which has recorded the fingerprints and iris scans of more than one billion Indians, was set up as a voluntary scheme to streamline benefit payments to millions of poor people and cut fraud. But rights groups say it endangers personal information and security. Al Jazeera's Duncan Crawford reports. - Subscribe to our channel: http://ift.tt/291RaQr - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: http://ift.tt/1iHo6G4 - Check our website: http://ift.tt/snsTgS
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