26 Sep, 12:41 (IST)

Aadhaar Declared Constitutionally Valid by Supreme Court, But It's Not Mandatory to Link it With Bank Accounts, Mobile Numbers.

26 Sep, 12:10 (IST)

BJP forced people to link Aadhaar to schemes. Problem is linking Aadhaar to services. We welcome the SC verdict on Aadhaar, says Shashi Tharoor. 

26 Sep, 12:04 (IST)

Constitutional guarantees cannot be left to risks posed by technological advancements, Chandrachud J.

26 Sep, 11:57 (IST)

Congress welcomes SC Verdict on Aadhaar. Justice Chandrachud largely dissents with a Majority view. 

26 Sep, 11:55 (IST)

Passing of bill as money bill when it does not qualify as a money bill is a fraud on Constitution, says Justice Chandrachud. Aadhaar Linking With Bank Account and Mobile Number Not Mandatory, Must For PAN, Rules Supreme Court.

26 Sep, 11:47 (IST)

The decision to treat a bill as a money bill is amenable to judicial review, Says Justice Chandrachud.

26 Sep, 11:40 (IST)

Aadhaar doesn't need to be linked to your mobile numbers, bank accounts. But it is a must for PAN, IT-Returns, says Justice Sikri.

26 Sep, 11:33 (IST)

Aadhaar doesn't need to be linked to your mobile numbers as well. Bank accounts also need not be linked, said Justice AK Sikri. 

26 Sep, 11:32 (IST)

Bank accounts don't need to be linked with Aadhaar, said Justice Sikri. Corporates can't demand biometric data. 

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New Delhi, September 26: With Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra to end his term on October 2, here is another verdict of a crucial case. The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict today on several pleas challenging the validity of Aadhaar and its enabling 2016 law. A five-judge Constitution Bench comprising of Dipak Misra, Justices AK Sikri, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan heard the case. The Bench had reserved its hearing on May 10 after the final hearing session that spanned across 38 days, making it the second longest oral hearing in the apex court. Aadhaar Not Required for Buying New SIM Card: Here Are the Alternative Identification Documents That Can Be Used.

According to reports, the Centre had strongly defended its decision to seed Aadhaar numbers with mobile phones, telling the top court that it could have been hauled up for contempt if the verification of mobile users was not undertaken by it. The court had said that the government had misinterpreted its order and used it as a "tool" to make Aadhaar mandatory for mobile users.

Reportedly from making Aadhaar mandatory for availing welfare schemes’ benefit to an attempt to bring transparency in the taxation of individuals, almost all the steps towards making Aadhaar the only gateway for complete financial and social inclusion, were challenged before the Supreme Court.

A key argument against the Aadhaar scheme was that it was violative of the nine-judge bench verdict that had held that Right to Privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution. The first petition challenging Aadhaar was filed in 2012, and at least, 26 Judges have heard the matter at various points of time. The Aadhaar litigation in SC has now spanned over 6 years.

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