The Union government on
July 22 told the Supreme Court that citizens do not have fundamental
right to privacy under the Constitution, reports said.
“Constitution
makers did not intend to make right to privacy a fundamental right,” attorney general Mukul Rohatgi telling the court.
The
court was hearing a petition against the unique identification project,
or Aadhaar scheme, which argued that it violates the privacy rights of
individual citizens.
The AG
said that the question of violation of rights does not arise when it is
not there. Rohatgi pointed to the wide divergence of views on privacy in
past verdicts, and urged the three-judge bench hearing the case to
refer the petitions challenging Aadhaar scheme to a Constitution bench
of five judges. He said the law on right to privacy is vague and would
require a conclusive consideration by the apex court.
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