On the first day of the Union government’s arguments in the final Aadhaar case hearing, Attorney General (AG) K K Venugopal appeared in front of a five-judge constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court (SC). While arguing that Aadhaar data remains safe and secure, the AG said that the Aadhaar data remains secure behind a complex that has It's 13-ft high and five feet thick walls.

AG based his arguments on better welfare targeting due to Aadhaar and said that because of privacy concerns of a few, people cannot be denied efficient, transparent delivery of services. In a ...