Aadhaar Verdict by Supreme Court, Live News Updates: SC Declares Aadhaar Constitutionally Valid With Conditions Apply
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 government should review services that need Aadhaar. Nobody deserving benefits should be excluded. Corporates can't demand biometric data. No child can be denied admission to schools on the basis of Aadhaar, said Justice AK Sikri.
SC declares Aadhaar scheme to be constitutionality valid. The justice further said that Aadhaar can't be insisted upon in schools. Section 33(2) and Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act struck down.
Aadhaar is structured on the principle of inclusion. Aadhaar serving much larger public interest. Data to be disclosed only in National Interest, Says Justice Sikri.
Justice AK Sikri Says that the main challenge to Aadhaar is privacy. He further added that Aadhaar collects minimum possible data. No possibility of obtaining a duplicate Aadhaar card, says Justice Sikri.
Aadhaar collects minimum possible data. No possibility of obtaining a duplicate Aadhaar card, says Justice AK Sikri. He further said that people benefit because of Aadhaar.
Aadhaar is attacked on being a giant Electronic leash, says Sikri. He questions on if Aadhaar violates privacy. Aadhaar performs authentication role. Adhaar no. is given to a person is unique and cannot go to any other person. Justice AK Sikri is pronouncing his judgement in the Supreme Court now. He authors judgement on behalf of CJI Dipak Misra.
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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