“In the rapidly evolving fintech landscape, regulatory bodies and industry players keep playing complementary roles in actively shaping the future of digital finance, with key focus being on cyberse...
Published On: 08/10/2018
Practice Area: Government & Regulatory, Technology, Media & Telecommunications
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At the end of September, the Supreme Court of India upheld the validity of the Aadhaar Act, 2016 to the extent it related to using an individual's Aadhaar number for receipt of subsidy, benefit or service from the Government and funded from the Consolidated Fund of India, while striking down provisions which allowed private entities to use an individual's Aadhaar number for any purpose. INDUSLAW's Namita Viswanath and Savithran Ramesh highlight the key takeaways from the judgement.
