Aadhaar Exposes Transgenders To Surveillance, Harassment, Supreme Court Told
The Supreme Court was told on Tuesday that the parting of personal biometric and demographic information by transgenders and sexual minorities under the Aadhaar Act exposes them to “violence, surveillance and harassment by the State and private persons”. “Once the personal demographic details of transgenders and sexual minorities is declared, it exposes them to surveillance, violence, and discrimination including infringement of their fundamental right to life and liberty, equality, free speech and movement,” NGO Swatantra told a constitution bench. The five-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justices AK Sikri,…
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