The Supreme Court has conditionally upheld the validity of Aadhaar. Here are the main points of the majority judgement on the Aadhaar case that is being read out in Supreme Court by Justice Sikhri:
- Justice Sikhri has conditionally upheld the constitutional validity of Aadhaar.
- SC has made compulsory the linking of Aadhaar with PAN.
- Private companies cannot insist on Aadhaar.
- National security exception for disclosure of Aaadhaar information as per Seciton 33(2) has been struck down.
- ‘Being unique is better than being best and Aadhaar is unique,’ Justie Sikhri has observed.
- CBSE, NEET cannot mandate Aadhaar
- A five-judge Constitutional Bench is currently pronouncing its judgment on the constitutionality of the Aadhaar scheme.
- Aadhaar not mandatory for school admissions
- The Supreme Court has directed the government to not give Aadhaar to illegal immigrants
- The Supreme Court has observed that as of today it does not find anything in the Aadhaar Act that ‘violates right to privacy of individual citizen.’
- Bank accounts need not be mandatorily linked to Aadhaar: SC
- No person should be denied rights due to the lack of Aadhaar, SC has observed
- Aadhaar-Mobile linking not mandatory: No mobile company can demand mandatory linking of Aadhaar card to their connections
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