New Delhi: The Supreme Court today decided to examine a fresh petition making Aadhaar card as proof of identity and address for opening bank accounts and enrolment as a voter.
A bench headed by justice B S Chauhan sought response from the Centre and RBI and tagged the PIL filed by an NGO, Nagrik Chetna Manch, with other petitions which had also challenged making Aadhaar card mandatory for availing social benefits schemes.
The PIL by the NGO said RBI has opened a pandora box of economic offences by removing all safeguards against money laundering on bank accounts opened with Aadhaar as the sole “know-your-customer” (KYC) norm and also because the Election Commission of India has extended the right to franchise to non-citizens by using the Aadhaar, a card that is issued to residents and not citizens, as the proof-of-identity and proof-of-address for enrolling as a voter.
