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Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) and another versus Union of India and others

26 Sep 2018

On September 26, 2018, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court of India (a bench of not less than five judges that deliberates  substantive questions of law in relation to the Constitutional text) gave this judgement on a string of writ petitions that questioned the constitutional validity of Aadhaar. The bench consisted of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, and Justices A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan.Justice A.K. Sikri delivered the majority judgement (on behalf of himself, the Chief Justice and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar), which was supported by Justice Ashok Bhushan’s concurring judgement.­ Justice D.Y. Chandrachud held the dissenting opinion. The court’s verdict was sharply divided...

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Chief Justice Dipak Misra, And Justices A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud And Ashok Bhushan

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