-The Indian Express Exclusion and denial of benefits to the poor needs urgent attention The news last month of the starvation death of an 11-year-old girl in the Simdega district in Jharkhand, allegedly because of denial of PDS ration due to Aadhaar linking problems, is appalling. The Aadhaar ecosystem definitely needs to pass a stringent welfare test much more crucially than the privacy test. Aadhaar undeniably has potential, and can perhaps even be...
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Supreme Court refuses interim stay on linking Aadhaar to bank a/c, mobile nos; leaves it for Constitution bench to decide -Amit Anand Choudhary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) 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 by a Constitution bench in the last week of November. At the same time though, the top court chastised banks and mobile telephone companies for creating panic by sending customers messages saying...
More »Issues concerning Aadhaar linkage with SIM 'will be clear by Dec 1' -S Ronendra Singh
-The Hindu Business Line It is in customers’ interest to link the mobile number with the UID: DoT Secretary New Delhi: The government has said that by December 1, people will be clear on what options they have for linking their Aadhaar with mobile numbers, and even for senior citizens, there would be options to do re-verification at home. “What we have told the TSPs (telecom service providers) is that within the next...
More »SC slams Mamata government on Aadhaar plea, says state can't challenge law passed by Centre
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday came down hard on the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government for challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar+ and emphasised that a state cannot challenge a law passed by the Union government. "The controversy over Aadhaar needs examination but state government can't file petition against a law passed by Parliament," a bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said. The bench...
More »Didi's Aadhaar battle in court -R Balaji
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Mamata Banerjee government has petitioned the Supreme Court against the Centre's alleged push to make Aadhaar cards mandatory for extending the benefits of social welfare schemes. The petition is scheduled to be heard on Monday. The matter has been listed before the bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan along with another petition, moved by social activist Raghav Tankha, that challenges the government's order to link...
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