Aadhaar (Amendment) Bill

[Sushubh]

worth mentioning here that fintech companies already knew that this was coming.

Asia Times | Leak reveals Indian govt’s plan to amend digital identity law | Article

 

[Sushubh]

Union Cabinet Approves Promulgation Of Aadhaar (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019

 

[Sushubh]

relevant.

Re-promulgation of ordinances fraud on Constitution: SC | India News, The Indian Express

 

[dextermorgan]

Aadhaar ordinance is just the latest aspect of the BJP government’s unscrupulous UID policy

would be challenged in supreme court. and then we would find out if that's true.

we predicted this would happen innit? SC will take 2-3 years to wake up again by the time the damage would already been done.

Also this news is totally lost in the Indo-pak battle news so I guess no TV channels are covering this?

 

[Sushubh]

News channels and general public would take it as great news.

 

[Sushubh]

Source

 

[amish]

When will EC declare election? Because this Government keeps on bringing ordinances after ordinances.

 

[dextermorgan]

^ april and may as usual

2019 Lok Sabha elections will be held on time, says EC amid India-Pak tension

When asked if the standoff between the two neighbouring countries will have any impact on the poll schedule, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said the elections will be held "on time".

indianexpress.com

 

[amish]

If elections are in May - I believe timeline shud have 2 months of preparation as its nationwide elections.

But then not sure whats the actual procedure and due date for declaration

 

[unAadhaarit]

The Aadhaar ordinance raises serious constitutional concerns

There are two serious problems with these amendments. The first is enacting them through an ordinance. These amendments were originally drafted as part of a bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha in December. The bill, however, was not passed by the Rajya Sabha. Consequently, it lapsed with the end of the parliamentary session. The ordinance, therefore, is an attempt to achieve by executive fiat what the government could not achieve through the ordinary legislative route — i.e., through Parliament.

The majority party has bypassed the Rajya Sabha twice for the same reason. Clearly not following democratic process and undermining democracy.

Ordinances, therefore, are tools to be used in cases of emergencies, when the Parliament is not sitting, but urgent action needs to be taken (for example, in dealing with an armed conflict or a natural calamity). Ordinances are not meant for a situation in which, having been unable to get what it wants through Parliament, the government nonetheless rams it through by a presidential decree.

The Aadhaar amendments are also worrying because they attempt to directly overturn the Supreme Court’s September 2018 judgment on the constitutional validity of Aadhaar. In that judgment, the Supreme Court was clear that the use of the Aadhaar database by private parties enabled commercial surveillance, and was therefore unconstitutional.

Would the President go along with the unconstitutional ordinance and allow that which was struck down as unconstitutional by the SC unanimously? And thereby set a precedent for such shenanigans in the future. This is no the only case of Rjya Sabha bypassing for Aadhaar's sake.
Amending PMLA through Finance Acts "cloak" to bypass Rajya Sabha, Jairam Ramesh moves Delhi HC

Congress Leader and Rajya Sabha MP, Jairam Ramesh has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the amendments to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) through Finance Acts of 2015, 2016 and 2018.

The amendments were brought via Sections 145 to 151 of the Finance Act 2015, Section 232 of the Finance Act 2016 and Section 208 of the Finance Act 2018.

Jairam Ramesh has asserted that amendments are in violation of Article 110 (1) of the Constitution of India as they have absolutely no nexus to money bill provisions.

Since the amendments do not qualify as money bill in terms of Article 110 (1), portions of the Finance Act which incorporate them, are unconstitutional, he argued. He also relied upon the Supreme Court’s Aadhaar judgement to argue that provisions of Finance Act are subject to judicial review.