About 210 websites of the central and state government departments were found to be displaying personal details and Aadhaar numbers of beneficiaries, the government informed the Parliament today.
A nine-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court today began hearing arguments to determine whether the right to privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution.
The bench will decide whether right to privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution and whether Aadhaar, a 12-digit unique idenitification number invades the right to privacy
The matter was mentioned before a bench comprising Chief Justice JS Khehar and Justice DY Chandrachud which said that its five-judge Constitution Bench will hear Aadhaar-related matters.
A three-judge bench, headed by Justice J Chelameswar, asked the parties to urge the Chief Justice to set up a constitution bench to decide the issues relating to Aadhaar.
To prevent impersonation fraud, Microsoft has integrated its "Made for India" Skype Lite app with Aadhaar, thereby allowing users of the app to verify the caller's identity online.
While seeking amendment to the existing law, the Commission said absence of mandatory marriage registration deprived women of societal recognition and legal security
The UIDAI is the nodal body responsible for rolling out Aadhaar, the 12-digit biometric identification number, to all residents. Aadhaar has been issued to more than 115 crore people till date.
Besides implementation of the GST, many more changes have come into effect today which will affect our day-to-day lives.
Taxpayers can link their Aadhaar-PAN using a mobile-based SMS service, by logging on to the website of PAN service providers, by personally visiting a PAN service centre or over the e-filing website of the tax department.
Aadhaar has also been made mandatory for applying for PAN with effect from July 1. The department, till now, has linked over 2.16 crore Aadhaar numbers with its PAN database.
Amending income tax rules and notifying the same, the government has made quoting of the 12-digit biometric Aadhaar or the enrolment ID a must at the time of application of permanent account number (PAN)
Aadhaar is not a valid identification document for Indians travelling to Nepal and Bhutan, the Union home ministry has said.
The government today termed as ‘fake’ a letter attributed to the Cabinet Secretariat wherein linking of land records with Aadhaar had been made compulsory.
Existing bank account holders have been asked to furnish the Aadhaar number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) by December 31, 2017, failing which the account will cease to be operational
The Supreme Court has termed as "fallacious" an argument that the new provision of the Income Tax Act making Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax returns, is discriminatory and creates two classes
UIDAI has refused to share information on cases of fake and duplicate Aadhaar cards, saying the disclosure might affect national security.
The Supreme Court has said that as many as 10.52 lakh bogus PAN cards of individual income tax assesses cannot be termed a minuscule number to harm the country's economy.
Senior officials said the apex court's order given yesterday was "studied" by a high-level team of authorities from the Law Ministry, Finance Ministry, CBDT and the Income Tax Department after which this clarification has been issued.
The apex court said that this apprehension of the public has to be assuaged by the government by taking proper measures so that people are confident that there would be no chance of "unauthorised leakage" of data.
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