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CM F ND-NDE YK CM CM F ND-NDE YK YK follow us: friday, august 25, 2017 Delhi City Edition thehindu.com 3 6 pages ț ₹10.00 facebook.com/thehindu twitter.com/the_hindu Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow NEARBY Nilekani back at Infosys as Chairman Jay Shankar Bengaluru IT major Infosys on GJM writes to Mamata, Thursday announced that lists fresh demands its board had unanimously approved the appointment KOLKATA Privacy is a fundamental right, declares SC of Nandan Nilekani as non- Without withdrawing its core executive chairman of the demand of a Gorkha board, “effective immedi- homeland, in a letter to West While saying it is intrinsic to life and liberty, the court also said that it is not an absolute right ately.” Bengal Chief Minister K rishnadas Rajagopal R. Seshasayee, chairman Mamata Banerjee — rst time NEW DELHI Government, of the board, along with since the strike began 70 In a unanimous verdict, a former CEO and managing days ago — the Gorkha nine-judge Constitution Congress spar director Vishal Sikka, Jef- Janmukti Morcha has put Bench of the Supreme Court frey Lehman and John Et- forward half a dozen fresh on Thursday declared that over verdict chemendy, decided to step demands, indicating the privacy is intrinsic to life and down from the board, In- GJM’s willingness to start a liberty and an inherent part S andeep Phukan fosys said in a release. dialogue. of the fundamental rights en- NEW DELHI Mr. Nilekani’s return to EAST Ī PAGE 2 shrined in the Constitution. Moments after meeting the board of the company DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD The court held that pri- Finance Minister Arun he co-founded after eight Lalu to go ahead with vacy is a natural right that in- Jaitley in his North Block years was welcomed by mega rally heres in human beings be- office, Law Minister Ravi outgoing chairman Mr. Se- PATNA cause they are human. The Shankar Prasad welcomed shasayee, who said: Apparently stung by the state does not bestow natural the Supreme Court “Nandan is the ideal leader ruling JD(U) and BJP’s rights on citizens. Natural judgment on the right to for Infosys at this stage in repeated demand that the rights like privacy exist privacy, and claimed it the company’s develop- RJD cancel its proposed mega equally in all individuals, ir- affirmed the government’s ment. His appointment will rally on August 27 in Patna in respective of class, strata, position. However, taking on allow Infosys to focus on view of the ood fury in the gender or orientation. the Centre, Congress the strategic changes it State, the RJD chief Lalu president Sonia Gandhi said needs to make in order to Prasad on Thursday asked, ‘Core of human dignity’ the judgment “strikes a blow capitalise on the attractive “Will the ood get over, if I “Privacy is the constitutional privacy as an “elitist con- which enables an informed to the government’s opportunities in the years cancel the rally?” core of human dignity. Pri- struct.” Attorney-General citizenry to scrutinise the ac- SC rips apart its 2014 arrogant attempts at curbing ahead.” NEWS Ī PAGE 11 vacy ensures the fulfilment K.K. Venugopal had argued tions of government,” Justice individual liberties.” Mr. Nilekani’s appoint- DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD of dignity,” Justice D.Y. that privacy was the concern Chandrachud said, address- “The government has ment also saw Ravi Ven- Chandrachud wrote. of a few, while schemes like ing Mr. Venugopal's been consistently of the Seven AIIMS students ruling on Section 377 katesan step down as co- The Centre had argued Aadhaar, which require cit- arguments. view that the right to privacy suspended for ragging chairman, while remaining against the recognition of izens to part with their bio- However, the court held Legal Correspondent two-judge Bench of the court should be a fundamental on the board as an inde- N EW DELHI privacy as a fundamental metric details to the state, re- that privacy is not an abso- NEW DELHI pandered to a “majorit- right flowing from Article 21 pendent director. Seven B.Sc students of right. It had assured the duce corruption and benefit lute right. The government The nine-judge Bench of the arian” view to deny the and it should be subject to The 62-year-old elec- optometry and nuclear court that privacy would be millions of poor. can introduce a law which Supreme Court on Thursday LGBT community their in- reasonable restrictions as trical engineer was the medicine at AIIMS here have protected through parlia- “intrudes” into privacy for ripped apart its own judg- herent fundamental rights of enshrined there,” Mr. Prasad CEO at Infosys from 2002 been suspended for three mentary statutes. Essential provision public and legitimate state ment of 2014 upholding Sec- life, personal liberty, equal- said at a special briefing. to 2007 and served as co- months for allegedly ragging But the court retorted that “The refrain that the poor reasons. But a person can tion 377 of the Indian Penal ity and gender discrimina- In a departure from the chairman of the board be- their juniors. statutory laws “can be made need no civil and political challenge this law in any of Code, which criminalises tion. norm, Mr. Prasad used the fore his departure in 2009 DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 3 and also unmade by a simple rights and are concerned the constitutional courts of consensual sexual acts of The 2014 judgment’s view official briefing at the Press to head the government’s DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD parliamentary majority.” only with economic well-be- the land — the Supreme adults in private. that “a miniscule fraction of Information Bureau to target Aadhaar programme. “The ruling party can, at ing has been utilised through Court or the State High The Bench observed that the country’s population the Congress. “What has Mr. Nilekani’s return will, do away with any or all history to wreak the most Courts — for violation of his the chilling effect of Section constitutes lesbians, gays, bi- been the Congress’s record was precipitated by Mr. of the protections contained egregious violations of hu- fundamental right to privacy. 377 “poses a grave danger to sexuals or transgenders” in the protection of Sikka’s abrupt resignation in the statutes. Fundamental man rights. It is privacy, as the unhindered fulfilment of was not a sustainable basis individual liberty? During as CEO on August 18 amid a rights are rights citizens may an intrinsic and core feature CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 one’s sexual orientation, as to deny the right to privacy, the Emergency, the then bitter and public volley of enjoy despite the govern- of life and personal liberty, SC OVERRULES EMERGENCY-ERA an element of privacy and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud ob- Attorney-General argued charges and counter- ments they elect,” Justice Ro- which enables individuals to VERDICT; SC CALLS FOR DATA dignity.” In separate judg- served in his judgment. that if a person is killed in charges between the board hinton F. Nariman explained stand up against a pro- PROTECTION REGIME; IT IS IN LINE ments, the Constitution jail, there is no remedy. That and co-founder N.R. Naray- FRIDAY REVIEW Ī 12 PAGES in his separate judgment. gramme of forced sterilisa- WITH OUR VISION: SHAH Ī PAGE 10 Bench, led by Chief Justice of CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 is the party’s record.” ana Murthy. (TABLOID) The court chided the tion. It is the right to ques- ‘VICTORY FOR ALL’ Ī PAGE 11 India J.S. Khehar, concluded RULING BRINGS CHEER TO DELHI METRO Ī 4 PAGES Centre for describing right to tion, scrutinise, dissent CITIZEN VS STATE Ī EDITORIAL that the 2014 verdict by a LGBT COMMUNITY Ī PAGE 11 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 MORE REPORTS ON Ī PAGE 13 Crackdown likely on Dera followers ahead of verdict Clashes in J&K over death of civilian Peerzada Ashiq vilian. Following violent lice in the Hafruda forest Srinagar protests, a magisterial in- range, where the Army had High Court pulls up Haryana govt for allowing upsurge of sect supporters in Panchkula Violence broke out in Kup- quiry has been ordered into launched an operation on litigation, the Division despite a “backache.” wara’s Handwara area on the incident. The bullet-rid- Monday. Scores of locals Vikas Vasudeva Thursday as a “militant” den body of Shahid Ahmad were injured on Thursday chandigarh Bench, headed by acting A tweet from Mr. Rahim’s Chief Justice S.S. Saron, dir- official handle said “we have killed two days ago in an op- Mir of Daril Tarathpor Ram- when protests broke out The Army was called out in ected the Centre to provide always respected the law. eration turned out to be a ci- hal, was spotted by the po- during funeral prayers. Panchkula and Sirsa on adequate security and asked Even though I have a back- Thursday night even as the the State administration to ache, abiding by the law, I’ll Haryana police and Central ensure that law and order go to the court.” forces were ready to flush was maintained. Mobile internet services out scores of Dera followers The court also warned and data services have been who have gathered at Panch- Haryana’s DGP of initiating suspended in Haryana, Pun- kula over the past three days. action against him if the jab and Chandigarh for the Curfew was also imposed in State failed to ensure re- next the 72 hours. the highly sensitive Sirsa quired security.

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