Govt has been speaking in two tongues on right to privacy: Reetika Khera

I don't think the Supreme Court will let us down, Khera said in an interview

As a nine-judge Constitution bench in the Supreme Court decides whether right to privacy is a basic right of citizens, economist and social scientist Reetika Khera speaks to Ranjita Ganesan on how this relates to the Aadhaar debate and social media. Edited excerpts:

It is being said in the Supreme Court that the right to privacy is not absolute. What would this mean for the Aadhaar debate?

The government has been speaking in two tongues on the right to privacy for a long time. The latest example of this is the same government that is challenging whether it is fundamental right in