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Supreme Court questions private companies using Aadhaar, says it goes beyond mandate of law
Thursday, May 3, 2018 IST
Supreme Court questions private companies using Aadhaar, says it goes beyond mandate of law

The top court cited the Aadhaar Act to say the law is meant for disbursing welfare measures to the underprivileged, and allowing private entities to utilise it would go way beyond the legal mandate.

 
 

Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the use of Aadhaar by private companies, saying that if the 12-digit biometric number was meant for disbursing welfare benefits to the underprivileged, to allow non-state entities to utilize it for offering services to citizens would be beyond the mandate of the underlying law, the Aadhaar Act .
 
A constitution bench led by chief justice Dipak Misra made the remarks during the hearing of petitions challenging the validity of Aadhaar Act and around 40 government notifications. Other judges on the bench are justices AK Sikri, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan. The remarks do not constitute a final opinion of the top court in the case.
 
Justice Chandrachud wondered whether the use of Aadhaar by private companies would be
in sync with the objective of the law. “The area of concern is section 57 (of the law),” the judge told Attorney General KK Venugopal, who defended the passage of the Aadhaar law as a Money Bill in 2016.
 
The government has permitted private entities such as telephone companies and banks to ask for Aadhaar numbers under Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act.
 
According to Section 57, “Nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the use of Aadhaar number for establishing the identity of an individual for any purpose, whether by the state or anybody corporate or person, pursuant to any law, for the time being in force, or any contract to this effect.” Venugopal said the law provided for targeted delivery of subsidies, benefits and services, the expenditure for which was incurred from the Consolidated Fund of India and hence it was rightly introduced and passed as a Money Bill. There were 300 million people in India living below the poverty line, Venugopal said, adding that several schemes meant for such citizens did not reach them because of corruption. “Much was going to the middlemen. Aadhaar has helped check corruption,” the AG said. He quoted section 7 that makes it mandatory to provide proof of the Aadhaar number as a necessary requirement for receipt of certain subsidies, benefits and services.
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

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Shibu Chandran
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Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
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Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST


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