‘Terrorists can’t claim right to privacy’: Govt tells SC on Aadhaar-social media linking

The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to transfer all cases related to linking Aadhaar with social media accounts to itself.

A bench of the top court, comprising, justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, allowed Facebook’s plea seeking transfer of a batch of petitions that sought linking of Aadhaar with social media accounts. The petitions, pending in the Madras, Madhya Pradesh and Bombay high court, said such linking will prevent criminal elements from taking advantage of social media.

The SC asked the registry to place all the matters before the Chief Justice of India so that it can be listed for hearing in January next year.