How to delink Aadhaar from phone numbers? Telecom firms have until October 15 to explain

The Supreme Court has prohibited private entities from using the biometric identity number and ordered that it be delinked from phone numbers.

Kanishk Karan

· Oct 03, 2018 · 07:00 pm

For Meghalaya group who believe Aadhaar is coercive, fight to opt out continues

The Meghalaya Peoples Committee on Aadhaar contends that the Supreme Court’s judgement on the biometric identity project provides only ‘partial relief’.

Arunabh Saikia

· Sep 29, 2018 · 06:30 pm

Aadhaar: Private firms hope Parliament will introduce law relaxing curbs on data use, says report

Several private entities use the unique identity card-based e-Know Your Customer process to verify their clients and add them to their database.

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· Sep 27, 2018 · 12:45 pm

Aadhaar verdict: Centre says it will conduct inter-ministerial consultation on impact of order

Union Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad described the Supreme Court’s verdict as historic.

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· Sep 27, 2018 · 11:01 am

Aadhaar: Judgement is disappointing but SC imposed ‘useful restrictions’, say petitioners

Aishwarya Bhati, lawyer for one of the petitioners, said Justice DY Chandrachud’s dissenting opinion was ‘robust and [had] sound reasoning’.

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· Sep 26, 2018 · 05:15 pm

Majority vs Chandrachud: How the Supreme Court came to contradictory conclusions on Aadhaar

The majority opinion upheld Aadhaar, even as Justice DY Chandrachud said it was entirely unconstitutional.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

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Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Sep 26, 2018 · 04:47 pm

Aadhaar verdict: BJP says ‘big victory’ for Modi, Congress claims an endorsement of UPA’s vision

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said not linking Aadhaar to mobile phones and bank accounts ‘is a great relief for the common people’.

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· Sep 26, 2018 · 03:10 pm

Can you now live in India without Aadhaar?

The new rules make it mandatory for practically every resident of the country.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Sep 26, 2018 · 03:01 pm

Aadhaar verdict: SC rules it is constitutional but strikes down some provisions

The court upheld the linkage of PAN cards with Aadhaar to file income tax returns. But, it need not be linked to mobile phones and bank accounts.

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· Sep 26, 2018 · 01:53 pm

Supreme Court upholds validity of Aadhaar, BJP calls it a historic judgement

The top court upheld the government’s decision to pass the Aadhaar Act as a Money Bill, but Justice DY Chandrachud called it a ‘fraud on the Constitution’.

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· Sep 26, 2018 · 10:00 am

Aadhaar hearing: Supreme Court to decide on scheme’s validity today

The petitioners had raised concerns about privacy and questioned why the unique identity number has been made mandatory to avail welfare schemes.

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· Sep 26, 2018 · 07:14 am

Aadhaar case: SC to decide tomorrow on petitions challenging constitutional validity of scheme

On May 10, a Constitution bench of the Supreme Court had reserved its judgement in the case.

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· Sep 25, 2018 · 04:44 pm