Given the critical role of EVMs in India's elections, it is essential to have a transparent process for examining the inner workings of such machines.

It appears that the law is impeded by several fundamental flaws, which are likely to prevent it from fulfilling the purported objectives that were sought to be achieved when it was being drafted as a data protection and privacy law.

The next time we are hit with a sense of déjà vu when it comes to an Aadhaar-related security incident, we should see through the UIDAI’s statements for what they truly are: hopeless attempts at damage control for a system that is crumbling at its very foundation.

The legal battle may have drawn to a close, but when it comes to data concerns, authorities can no longer afford to pass around blame or deny security breaches.