There is an enormous interest and debate on the issue of Right to Privacy worldwide which has received its fair share of talks in India also.
The issue in India has always been in the background with the proliferation of internet applications and Internet of things in the digital age, but the matter took significance after the recent statement of Attorney General of India in the Supreme Court which came in the context of a case concerning the implementation of Aadhaar scheme. In his statement, the Attorney General on behalf of the central government said that the Right to Privacy is not a fundamental right under the constitution.
Civil Rights activists demand that the government should come up front with its ideology regarding Right to Privacy. The case is still pending in the Supreme Court and the decision is yet to come.
In this episode of Sarokaar we try to understand the Government’s view towards Right to Privacy and whether the citizens should get the Right to Privacy.
Guests: Sambit Patra, National Spokesperson, BJP ; S S Venkatesh Nayak, RTI Activist & Co-ordinator, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Programme; Maneesh Chhibber, Senior Editor(Legal Affairs), Indian Express ; Usha Ramanathan, Independent Law Researcher and Human Right Activist ; Dushyant Dave, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India.
Anchor: Amrita Rai