Suhrith Parthasarathy

Suhrith Parthasarathy is a lawyer and writer who currently practises as an advocate at the Madras High Court. He graduated in law from the National University of Juridical Sciences, and in journalism from Columbia University.

An operator helps an elderly woman scan her fingerprints as she enrolls for Aadhar, IndiaÃ¢â¬â¢s unique identification project in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. The giant identification project which aims to give everyone an identity record and number for the first time involves recording retina scans, fingerprints and photographs of all 1.2 billion Indians. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Privacy, Aadhaar and the Constitution

The Union government’s contention in the Supreme Court, in defence of the Aadhaar Act, that India’s citizens lack a fundamental right to privacy, may ...