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Aadhar card or UADAI will remain optional for availing various welfare schemes of government except PDS and LPG distribution system, said the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The apex court said that no personal information of Aadhar card holders shall be shared by the authorities concerned.
The Court asked centre to ensure to inform the people through print and electronic media that Aadhar card is not mandatory.
The Supreme Court has earlier referred the to a Constitution Bench a batch of petitions challenging the Centre’s ambitious scheme to provide Aadhar card to all citizens and decide whether right to privacy is a fundamental right.
Allowing the Centre’s plea, a three-judge bench comprising Justices J Chelameswar, S A Bobde and C Nagappan, framed various questions, including as to whether right to privacy is a fundamental right, to be decided by the larger Constitution Bench.
“If yes, then what would be contours of the right to privacy,” the apex court said while referring the matter to Chief Justice H L Dattu for setting up the larger bench.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the Centre, had earlier said that the matters requires elaborate debate and an authoritative pronouncement in view of the fact that there have been inconsistent decisions as to whether right to privacy is a fundamental right.
Earlier, the Centre had sought transfer of pleas against Aadhar to a larger bench, saying that a two-judge or a three- judge bench cannot decide it.
(AGENCIES)
Aadhar card or UADAI will remain optional for availing various welfare schemes of government except PDS and LPG distribution system, said the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The apex court said that no personal information of Aadhar card holders shall be shared by the authorities concerned.
The Court asked centre to ensure to inform the people through print and electronic media that Aadhar card is not mandatory.
The Supreme Court has earlier referred the to a Constitution Bench a batch of petitions challenging the Centre’s ambitious scheme to provide Aadhar card to all citizens and decide whether right to privacy is a fundamental right.
Allowing the Centre’s plea, a three-judge bench comprising Justices J Chelameswar, S A Bobde and C Nagappan, framed various questions, including as to whether right to privacy is a fundamental right, to be decided by the larger Constitution Bench.
“If yes, then what would be contours of the right to privacy,” the apex court said while referring the matter to Chief Justice H L Dattu for setting up the larger bench.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the Centre, had earlier said that the matters requires elaborate debate and an authoritative pronouncement in view of the fact that there have been inconsistent decisions as to whether right to privacy is a fundamental right.
Earlier, the Centre had sought transfer of pleas against Aadhar to a larger bench, saying that a two-judge or a three- judge bench cannot decide it.
(AGENCIES)
