-The Hindu The benefits being projected in aadhaar’s name are not backed by the data The first death anniversary of Santoshi Kumar, a Dalit girl from Simdega, Jharkhand, was this week. She died of hunger, at the age of 11, a few weeks after her family’s ration card was cancelled by the State government because they failed to link it to aadhaar. The aadhaar judgment of September 26 provided an opportunity for the...

-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The government could look at introducing new sectoral regulations or amending existing ones to allow entities such as banks and mobile companies to continue using the aadhaar number for faster authentication and customer acquisition. Such use has been banned by the Supreme Court ruling that struck down parts of Section 57 of the aadhaar Act that allow sharing of data in this manner. Inter-ministerial consultations will be...

-India Spend Mumbai: Private entities cannot demand aadhaar data to authenticate identity. Individuals must be allowed to file complaints against the use of their data. Information can be accessed for matters of national security only when a judicial officer such as a sitting High Court judge has sanctioned it.   These were the highlights in a series of landmark rulings by India’s Supreme Court as it ruled against the use of an...

-TheWire.in The court has placed strict restrictions on the scope of the project while striking down contentious provisions of the aadhaar Act. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday declared the aadhaar programme and the aadhaar Act 2016 to be constitutional, but placed strict limitations on the scope of the project while striking down several contentious provisions of the legislation including clauses that allowed sharing of data for national security purposes and...

-The Indian Express aadhaar verdict: Supreme Court rules today on a bunch of petitions against aadhaar. From validity to fears of misuse for surveillance and privacy, a look at the issues that have come up before the five-judge Constitution Bench. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on a clutch of petitions challenging aadhaar on various grounds. A five-judge Constitution Bench will rule on questions such as: * Does the government...