The hearing in the Supreme Court on the challenge to the Aadhaar scheme has begun today..Senior Advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for the petitioners, has commenced his arguments before the Constitution Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AK Sikri, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan..Attorney General for India KK Venugopal requested that time be allocated to each counsel, considering the multiplicity of petitions and that the Ram Janmabhoomi case is listed for February 8..Divan said that he would be able to give an estimate of time only later, given the wide ambit of the case..Here is a summary of Shyam Divan’s arguments:.UIDAI duplication relies on probabilistic system…they capture finger prints, facial photograph and Iris; but for authentication, they dont compare the whole fingerprintThey take, say 100 points of the finger print, and compare for a match of certain number of those points. All points will not match because of various factors like sweat, dust etc. Same applies for Iris. Result is huge number of authentication failuresThe way in which the programme is structured allows information to fall into the hands of private parties There is a clear electronic trail. Secondly, the electronic trail enables identification of locationProfiling of individuals becomes easyWhy should it be that every movement of mine is tracked? Why should such a police State situation prevail?Can I be asked to leave an implant of my body wherever I go? That happens only in a totalitarian State, not a democracyBiometrics across the world does not work on a scale like thisYou make take several steps to prevent leakages. But still an architecture which allows surveillance is not be permissible.Below are live updates of the hearing:.Read Shyam Divan’s opening statement below.
The hearing in the Supreme Court on the challenge to the Aadhaar scheme has begun today..Senior Advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for the petitioners, has commenced his arguments before the Constitution Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AK Sikri, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan..Attorney General for India KK Venugopal requested that time be allocated to each counsel, considering the multiplicity of petitions and that the Ram Janmabhoomi case is listed for February 8..Divan said that he would be able to give an estimate of time only later, given the wide ambit of the case..Here is a summary of Shyam Divan’s arguments:.UIDAI duplication relies on probabilistic system…they capture finger prints, facial photograph and Iris; but for authentication, they dont compare the whole fingerprintThey take, say 100 points of the finger print, and compare for a match of certain number of those points. All points will not match because of various factors like sweat, dust etc. Same applies for Iris. Result is huge number of authentication failuresThe way in which the programme is structured allows information to fall into the hands of private parties There is a clear electronic trail. Secondly, the electronic trail enables identification of locationProfiling of individuals becomes easyWhy should it be that every movement of mine is tracked? Why should such a police State situation prevail?Can I be asked to leave an implant of my body wherever I go? That happens only in a totalitarian State, not a democracyBiometrics across the world does not work on a scale like thisYou make take several steps to prevent leakages. But still an architecture which allows surveillance is not be permissible.Below are live updates of the hearing:.Read Shyam Divan’s opening statement below.
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