Apr 21, 2017 the supreme court today came down hard on the government over the issue of making aadhaar compulsory in complete violation of the apex court s previous order. The supreme court on tuesday refused to entertain a plea challenging a delhi high court order in which it had declined to direct linking of social media accounts with aadhaar, pan or voter id card. Aadhaar card has been made mandatory in all government schemes. The supreme court of india has time and again restricted use of unique identification uid number or aadhaar to public distribution system pds scheme, the liquefied petroleum gas lpg distribution scheme, the mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee scheme mgnregs, national social assistance programme old age pensions, widow pensions, disability pensions, prime ministers jan. It is only the proviso to section 9aa2 where the supreme court has granted a partial.
Heres a list of services where aadhaar is not required. Aadhaar empowers those on margins, says top court, order. The supreme court on friday said that it will decide on whether aadhaar card can be made mandatory, for filing of income tax it returns, next week. In a landmark verdict on the aadhaar act, the supreme court upheld its constitutional validity and listed out a number of services where. One problem is that the court upheld aadharpan card linking and not for bank account. Aadhaar linking deadline extended indefinitely by supreme court. Supreme court relaxes aadharpan card linking for income tax. Earlier on january 18, the supreme court bench headed by chief. Supreme court reserves order on linking aadhaar with pan. In a landmark decision today the supreme court of india upheld the aadhaar act, the use of the money bill route for its legislative passage and the use of mandatory aadhaar based identification for government welfare schemes, the expenditure for which is drawn from the consolidated fund of india.
The high court was requested to give this instruction to remove the fake account of social media. A quick summary of the supreme court majority order. Apart from this, the court had directed that strict action should be taken against the people to make the aadhar card mandatory. K k venugopal, the attorney general of india, to the constitution bench headed by chief justice dipak misra. Express photo by tashi tobgyal the supreme courts decision to retain mandatory linking of aadhaar with disbursal of social welfare benefits while indefinitely extending the deadline for tagging it to bank accounts or mobile phones echoes the law ministrys 2016 opinions that linking aadhaar was a precondition merely for subsidy or benefit out of the. Log into net banking, and click on the link, update aadhaar card details or aadhaar card seeding. Dec 15, 2017 the supreme court today extended the deadline for aadhaar linking with all governmentsponsored welfare schemes and services to march 31, 2018. However, it had allowed the government and its agencies to link the 12digit national biometric identifier number of the beneficiaries for transfer of benefits of schemes funded from this fund. The supreme court has delivered its much awaited judgment in the aadhaar case, wherein the majoirty view, comprised of dipak misra cji. Dec 15, 2017 the supreme court on friday extended the aadhaar linking deadline to march 31, 2018 after the centre offered to extend the deadline from december 31, 2017. The supreme court on friday refused to pass an interim order staying the linking of aadhaar with mobile numbers and bank accounts, saying that it is leaving the issue to be decided on. The supreme court has made exception for children saying that no child can be denied benefits of any scheme if he or she doesnt have aadhaar card.
The supreme court tuesday refused to entertain a plea challenging a delhi high court order in which it had declined to direct linking of social media accounts with aadhaar, pan or voter id card for weeding out fake accounts. Since the launch of aadhaar in 200910, a number of petitions have been filed in the supreme court, challenging the citizen identity programmes legal validity. Resisting violations of the supreme court orders on aadhaar. Thats despite an august 2015 supreme court order pdf restraining the. The supreme court extended the deadline for linking read more. The supreme court will today continue hearing a number of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the aadhaar card. Supreme court resumes aadhaar hearing the statesman. But before this inevitability of the aadhaar, it was heard several times in the countrys top court and the governments stand on the basis of time has been strengthened. Rbi order for linking aadhaar with bank violates right to privacy. Instead, the governments plea was referred to a larger bench that will initiate the further proceedings. Litmus test for aadhaar continues as supreme court resumes. The three member bench of the court had noted earlier in its order of 11. Its order will be an interim or temporary one which will be in effect till it. Aadhaar is mandatory for pan card linking, said the apex court.
Supreme court tells centre the apex court has also directed the unique identification authority of india uidai not to share any information pertaining to an aadhaar card holder with any government agency. How can you make aadhaar mandatory despite a clear order to make it optional. May 04, 2017 the bench said the aadhaar act was passed in 2016, and when the earlier order was passed by the apex court in 2015, it was only on a government scheme which was an executive order. The learned attorney general had stated that the respondent union of india would ensure that aadhaar cards would only be issued on a consensual basis after informing the public at large about the fact that the preparation of aadhaar card involving the. Supreme court judgement on aadhar pan linkage deep. Why is the supreme court not allowing the aadhaar card to be. The petition in supreme court challenges decision of rbi of linking bank accounts with aadhaar mandatory for violating right to privacy.
The supreme court is hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the aadhaar scheme on the touchstone of the fundamental right to privacy filed by former karnataka high court judge ks puttuswamy, magsaysay awardee shanta sinha, feminist researcher kalyani sen menon and others. The supreme court judgment stated that linking of your pan card and aadhaar is mandatory. The court further said that no person should be denied any benefits or suffer for not having the aadhaar cards issued by unique identification authority of india. The right to food campaign is deeply disappointed by the march 2018 supreme court order which extends the deadline for aadhaar linking of facilities such as bank accounts and sim cards, but permits the continued imposition of aadhaar on social services and entitlements such as the public distribution system pds, the. A decision on whether aadhaar, or the national identity card, violates the constitution, will be declared by five senior most judges of the supreme court today. Oct 12, 2015 the supreme court declined to immediately modify its order for the wider use of aadhaar card as proof of identity by mobile companies, banks and the stock markets. The centre conceded after the constitution bench hearing a batch of petitions. Supreme court dismisses plea to link social media accounts. This means that the aadhaar linking deadline has in effect been extended indefinitely.
The apex court asked the government to justify the need for making aadhaar card mandatory for filing it returns. The delhi high court had earlier declined to order linking of social media accounts with aadhaar, pan or voter id card for weeding out fake accounts, saying it would lead to data of genuine. The supreme court and the government are continuing to disagree with the aadhaar on many points. Jun 09, 2017 the supreme court of india today upheld the governments decision to link aadhar with pan permanent account number card but also gave relief to those who still dont have one till their next order. Court, the said high court passed orders requiring uidai to provide biometric. Order of the supreme court of india regarding aadhaar card. Posing a fresh challenge to aadhaar, a writ in the supreme court has questioned the. Jan 06, 2015 the apex court also made it clear in an interim order that it was not mandatory to be in possession of the aadhar card to avail government subsidies. Extracts from supreme court orders on aadhaar rethink aadhaar.
The supreme court has upheld section 9aa1 which mandatorily requires quoting of aadhaar for new pan applications as well as for filing of returns. In a violation of the apex court s order, the centre introduced lastminute amendments to the finance bill 2017, making aadhaar mandatory for filing taxes. Jan 18, 2018 a fivejudge supreme court bench headed by chief justice dipak misra on thursday resumed hearing the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of aadhaar cards. If you have aadhar card and pan card both what you need to do. Mar 24, 2014 withdraw orders making aadhaar mandatory for any service.
Supreme court reserves its order on aadhaarpan linkage. The court also said that aadhaar card should not be used for any other purpose, except as might be directed by a court for the purpose of criminal investigation. Jul 19, 2017 a ninejudge constitution bench of the supreme court today will hear the petitions challenging various issues pertaining aadhaar with the main focus on whether right to privacy is a fundamental. Sc refuses to entertain plea for linking of social media. Modi government cannot belittle the supreme court order on. Supreme court upheld the validity of aadhaar, but imposed some restrictions on its use. Full text of supreme courts verdict on validity of aadhaar. A bench headed by justice l nageswara rao, however granted liberty to lawyer and bjp leader ashwini upadhyay to implead himself as a party in the transfer.
New petition in sc challenges rbi order for linking aadhaar. Supreme court extends deadline for linking aadhaar card. Jun 14, 2017 for understanding why apex court is not making adhaar card to be compulsory we have to understand two things. Mar 28, 2018 the top court had on march extended indefinitely the march 31 deadline for linking bank accounts and mobile phone numbers with aadhaar. Jun 09, 2017 the supreme court of india today ruled that the indian government cannot cancel pan cards if citizens dont link an aadhaar number to their pan card. Your bank will email or call you, to confirm or verify your details. The supreme court on thursday reserved its verdict on mandatory linking of aadhaar with pan card, as it was told that the government cannot belittle the apex court order holding the unique. The extension of the aadhaar card deadline was requested by mr. Most mandatory private use of aadhaar has been struck down. Constitution bench to hear aadhaar petitions the supreme court today said its constitution bench will start hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the centres move to make aadhaar card mandatory for availing various services and benefits of government welfare schemes from the last week of november. Mar, 2018 statement by right to rood campaign on the supreme court s interim order.
We take a look at the pending aadhaar cases before the supreme court. Dec 15, 2017 the supreme court will decide today if march 31 is the deadline for linking bank accounts and pan cards to aadhaar. Knowledge is wealth aadhaar is a programme of united progressive alliance upa government to provide every resident a unique and mandatory 12digit identity number. Heres a complete list of services where you need aadhaar card and where you dont need aadhaar card as per the supreme court judgement. Aadhaar linking not mandatory for bank accounts, phones. The information about an individual obtained by the unique identification authority of india while issuing an aadhaar card shall not be used for any purpose, save as above, except as may be directed by a court for the purpose of criminal investigation. The supreme court of india has issued an order to extend the deadline for linking the aaddhaar card to the mobile phones, bank accounts, and various other government schemes.
The fivejudge bench ruled that the aadhaar programme served the larger public interest in. Forcible linkages of bank accounts to aadhar is contempt of. The supreme court has also upheld section 9aa2 which requires that the aadhaar number must be intimated to the prescribed authority for the purpose of linking with pan. Oct 22, 2017 new petition in sc challenges rbi order for linking aadhaar with bank ac. What are the pending cases before the supreme court. Apr 25, 2018 the government on wednesday admitted that there was no supreme court order on linking mobile numbers with aadhaar. On september 26, 2018, a constitution bench of the supreme court, led by chief. Apr 11, 2017 the aadhaar card may also be used for the purpose of the lpg distribution scheme 4.
The supreme court of india on tuesday refused to hear the petition challenging the delhi high court s order granting it the order on a petition seeking to link social media accounts with aadhaar, pan and voter id. May 10, 2018 the supreme court had said that unless there is a decision in the matter, the foundation linking option should be open. Jul 05, 2017 the proviso to section 9aa 2 provides that in case of nonintimation of aadhaar, the pan allotted to the person shall be deemed to be invalid from a date to be notified by the central government. Private companies petition supreme court for continuity of. Aadhaar for new pan applications as well as for filing of returns.
Follow live updates on supreme court verdict on aadhaar. Supreme court on aadhar card, keeps decision in the envelope. Despite that, commoners are still being asked to furnish their aadhar details in order to get subsidies on lpg cylinder. Forcing aadhar card on the masses is violation of supreme. Supreme court refuses to entertain plea to link social. Id cards will not be linked to social media account news. Supreme court says aadhaar card is mandatory for getting a pan card, filing itr but not for mobile phone connections and bank accounts. The supreme court on friday passed an order clarifying the governments rules mandating the use of aadhaar for the filing of income tax returns. A supreme court bench led by justice l nageswara rao declined to interfere in a plea challenging a delhi high court order in which the court had refused to direct the linking of social media accounts with aadhaar, pan or voter id card for weeding out fake accounts. Mar, 2018 today, th march 2018, the supreme court held that the interim order of december 15, 2017, fixing the march deadline, shall stand extended till the matter is finally heard and the judgment is pronounced. Recent judgement related to the legal validity of aadhaar card.
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