Airtel, Axis Bank fined for breaching terms of Aadhaar authentication, UIDAI tells Supreme Court

The bench asked if the law permitted use of Aadhaar authentication by private bodies and corporate entities, and wanted to know what safeguards are in place.

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· Apr 18, 2018 · 06:58 pm

Aadhaar data may be misused to influence elections, says Supreme Court

The UIDAI, however, claimed that the regulations governing India’s biometric system were more stringent than the European Union’s data security norms.

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· Apr 17, 2018 · 08:51 pm

Aadhaar is meant to prevent crimes, not label everyone a criminal, UIDAI tells Supreme Court

Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta compared the identification programme to passengers being frisked at airports to prevent hijackings.

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· Apr 11, 2018 · 06:27 pm

Aadhaar cannot stop banking fraud as bank officials are complicit, says Supreme Court

The biometric system may help check fraud in welfare schemes but not in banking, the bench said.

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· Apr 05, 2018 · 06:28 pm

Railways publishes Aadhaar numbers of 20 people injured in Mumbai stampede, reports Huffington Post

This can be used to hack their bank accounts, the website claimed.

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· Apr 05, 2018 · 05:29 pm

Aadhaar Act gives UIDAI excessive power, says Supreme Court

The bench also expressed concerns about a provision in the law that says the authority can seek ‘any other biological attributes’ later.

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· Apr 04, 2018 · 10:22 pm

Delhi High Court allows petitioners to file income tax returns without Aadhaar number

The bench will hear the matter next on May 14.

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· Apr 04, 2018 · 07:43 pm

Aadhaar Act is fair and reasonable, Centre tells Supreme Court

Attorney General KK Venugopal said the law complies with the standards set by the top court’s verdict on right to privacy.

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· Apr 03, 2018 · 09:12 pm

I don’t favour linking Aadhaar number to voter ID, says Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

The information and technology minister said the Centre was not willing to be accused of spying on citizens.

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· Apr 02, 2018 · 11:14 am

Centre extends deadline for citizens to link Aadhaar number with welfare schemes to June 30

On Tuesday, the government extended the last date to link the unique identity numbers with citizens’ PAN cards by three months, to June 30.

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· Mar 28, 2018 · 07:34 pm

The mark of the devil: Why a group of Christians in Mizoram are objecting to Aadhaar

India’s unique identity programme is being linked by some people to a fearful Biblical prophesy.

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· Mar 28, 2018 · 06:30 am

Vidhi Centre, which helped draft Aadhaar Act, was paid nearly Rs 50 lakh in five years, says Centre

Union minister KJ Alphons said the government was not consulting any private company at present for implementation of Aadhaar.

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· Mar 27, 2018 · 06:36 pm