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The Centre told the Supreme Court that Right to Privacy is not a fundamental right under the Constitution and hence cannot be invoked to scrap the Aadhar scheme.
The government's chief lawyer, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told a three-judge bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar that there was no fundamental right to privacy and cited a judgement by an eight-judge bench dating to 1954 to back his contention.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) collects biometric data like fingerprints and iris scan from citizens to assign them a 12-digit Unique ID, called Aadhaar. The legality of the Aadhaar scheme has been under the scanner and Rohtagi's statement has raised questions over the use of an individual's personal biometric data. A look at why this scheme must be legalised at the earliest.