Terrorists Can’t Claim Privileges of Privacy: Centre Informs Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Centre while stressing guidelines over social media regulation on Tuesday told the Supreme Court terrorists can not claim privileges of privacy. Representing the Centre, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose that no intermediary can claim to be safe and secure if they fail to provide details of terrorists and anti-national people.

He also stressed a balance between national interest, the sovereignty of the country and privacy, adding the government is not invading the privacy of citizens.

“No intermediary can say that in the guise of privacy, terrorist activities can be protected,” Mehta said.

His submission came in response to submissions made by the Internet Freedom Foundation counsel and senior advocate Shyam Divan that the case was momentous, as personal freedom and the rights of citizens cannot be trampled upon.

Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, arguing for State of Tamil Nadu, told the court that provisions of the Information Technology Act provide for decryption of data and information and those sections have not been challenged, so intermediaries cannot claim they cannot decrypt. (IANS)

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