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No blanket permission given for surveillance under NETRA, NATGRID: Centre to HC
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Last Updated: Feb 05, 2021, 03:47 PM IST
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The government defended the need for the CMS, NETRA and NATGRID surveillance systems saying that grave threats to the country from terrorism, radicalisation, cybercrime, drug cartels, etc, cannot be understated or ignored and it was imperative, therefore, to have a robust mechanism for speedy collection of actionable intelligence .
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the NGOs, told the court that the affidavit does not state what specific steps have been taken by the government and added that since all kind of personal information, like travel itinerary, purchases, bank transactions, etc, was being intercepted and not just phone calls
Checks and balance in place, Centre tells Delhi HC on surveillance
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Fri, Feb 5 2021 13:48 IST |
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New Delhi, Feb 5 : The Centre on Friday told the Delhi High Court that checks and balance had been put in place for electronic surveillance by government agencies, which was only through lawful interceptions and monitoring.
The court was hearing a petition filed through advocate Prashant Bhushan that claimed that the citizens right to privacy was endangered by surveillance systems like the Centralised Monitoring System, Network Traffic Analysis, and National Intelligence Grid.
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New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): The Centre on Friday urged the Delhi High Court to dismiss the petition seeking to stop the collection of data through Central Monitoring System (CMS), National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) and Network Traffic Analysis (NETRA) saying that there is no blanket permission to any agency for interception or monitoring or decryption as the authorised agencies require the permission of the competent authority i.e. Union Home Secretary in each case as per the due process of law and justification for interception or monitoring or decryption.
In an affidavit filed by Central Government Standing Counsel Ajay Digpaul, the government told the court that permission regarding interception can be given only for the purposes mentioned in section 69 of the IT Act 2000, i.e.sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, security of the State, friendly relation
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