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Fresh petition in SC on Aadhaar card

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

PTI Published : Nov 19, 2013 20:56 IST, Updated : Nov 19, 2013 20:57 IST


It said Registrar General of India working under the Ministry of Home Affairs has built up a registry of citizens based on an unaudited and unverified database of residents built by private parties and including biometrics that are not part of the rules framed under the Citizenship Act.

“In addition to this, the Centre has linked the increased number of rights, entitlements and benefits to the Aadhaar number and making money transfers into unverified bank accounts created from unverified and unaudited database created by the UIDAI and allowing properties to be linked to Aadhaar numbers,” the NGO said in its petition filed through advocate Varnika Singh.

It said facilities under Aadhaar would lead to be opening of mule account.
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