Independence Day Special!

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">This 75th Independence Day is <em>Amrit</em> alright! But there is plenty of <em>vish </em>slushing around in this <em>Amrit</em>. In this special episode, we mark our independence by looking at the loss of our privacy with the insidious Aadhar card, which started without a statutory law. We also look at how the Supreme Court has transformed into an institution that has obstructed justice, rather than provided access to it, and took a good hard look at the role of the <em>amicus curiae. </em></p><p><strong>On the AADHAR card and privacy: </strong></p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p>Parker, Ian (2011), “The I.D. Man” Available at: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/03/the-i-d-man" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/03/the-i-d-man</a></p></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p>Khera, Reetika, “The Different Ways in Which Aadhaar Infringes on Privacy”, Available at: </p></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p><a href="https://thewire.in/government/privacy-aadhaar-supreme-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://thewire.in/government/privacy-aadhaar-supreme-court</a></p></li></ol><p><strong>On the PIL: </strong></p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p>Bhuwania, Anuj, <em>Courting the People: Public Interest Litigation in Post-Emergency India</em>, Cambridge University Press: New Delhi, Chapter 2. </p></li></ol><p><strong>On Amicus Curiae: </strong></p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p>Desai Ashok H. and S. Muralidhar, “Public Interest Litigation:</p></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="bulleted"><p>Potential and Problems” in B.N. Kirpal et al. eds, <em>Supreme but not Infallible – Essays in Honour of the Supreme Court of India </em>(New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2000). Available at: <u><a href="https://www.ielrc.org/content/a0003.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ww