Direct Benefit Transfer — Landmark Judgments

Landmark Judgments

Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.

2017

This landmark judgment by a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court declared the right to privacy as a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution. While not directly…

Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors. (Aadhaar Judgment)

2018

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, but with certain caveats. It specifically upheld Section 7 of the Act, which…

Binoy Viswam vs Union of India

2017

This case dealt with the mandatory linking of Aadhaar for PAN cards and income tax returns. While the Supreme Court initially allowed mandatory linking for PAN, it clarified that…