A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi stated that the plea “requires consideration” and issued notice on the petition by lawyer Harshit Goel who asserted that the law aids profiling and creation of a surveillance state.
The bench, also comprising Justice Navin Chawla, asked the Centre to file its reply to the challenge, including the aspect of maintainability.
In his petition, advocate Harshit Goel has argued that provisions of the law, which was passed by Parliament earlier this month, are “arbitrary, excessive, unreasonable, disproportionate, devoid of substantive due process” and in violation of fundamental rights of the citizens as well as of the basic structure of the Constitution.
