Hours after the Supreme Court verdict on the right to privacy, the government said it welcomed the judgement. Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the government has been of the view, particularly with regard to Aadhar that Right To Privacy should be a Fundamental Right. "Subah se humein civil liberty ki duhaai di jaa rahi hai, vo bhi bina judgement padhe. Privacy is not an absolute right, it is a right within restrictions," he said.

Soon after the Supreme Court today unanimously ruled that individual privacy is a Fundamental Right, top ministers went into a huddle to discuss its implications, particularly on the use of the world's largest biometric ID card programme, Aadhaar.

Ravi Shankar Prasad and Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Nripendra Misra went to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to discuss the possible ramifications.

"On behalf of the government, the Attorney General also argued that the Right to Privacy is a part of Fundamental Rights, with reasonable restrictions," he said.

Hitting out at Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi has the habit of talking without doing his homework, but senior Congress leaders also seem to be following in his footsteps. Rahul said that the verdict was a major blow to fascist forces.

When asked about the implications of the verdict on Section 377, Prasad parried the question saying privacy was a Fundamental Right and the government would revert.