Litmus test for Aadhaar continues as SC resumes hearing today
India | January 23, 2018 8:25 ISTThe Supreme Court will today continue hearing a number of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar card.
The Supreme Court will today continue hearing a number of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar card.
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Friday said it will be able to eliminate multiple account numbers of an individual once the process of linking Aadhaar is complete.
The argument was made during the hearing on the Aadhaar issue by senior advocate Shyam Divan before a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra.
The Supreme Court’s five-judge Constitution bench will continue hearing pleas filed with regards to the Aadhaar case today.
Senior advocate P Chidambaram said though objections were raised on the Aadhaar bill in the Rajya Sabha, nothing could be done as it was held as money bill by the Lok Sabha Speaker.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by CJI today began hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar programme and its enabling Act of 2016.
The Aadhaar myth buster series is aimed at quelling fears that the ID or its number can be used to track private activities of its owners or to persecute them on the basis of the information.
A five-judge SC bench will commence the hearing on a range of crucial matters from January 17, including Aadhaar, Section 377, Sabarimala, religious identity of women after marriage and several others.
In August, a nine judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled that Indians enjoy a fundamental right to privacy, now the court will look at whether or not Aadhaar violates an individual’s privacy.
The UIDAI today allowed face recognition as additional means of Aadhaar authentication to be used in combination with existing ways such as fingerprint or iris scan.
Using the newly launched feature, cardholders will be able to generate their 'Virtual ID' for various purposes including SIM verification.
"Under compulsion, millions of persons have already shared Aadhaar number with many service providers. New security layer is like locking the stable after horses have bolted," Chidambaram said in a tweet.
Delhi Police had on Monday registered the FIR on a complaint by an UIDAI official following the newspaper report on data breach of more than 1 billion Aadhaar cards, naming the journalist behind the story.
The survey to find people's take on the cyber security mechanism to protect their data said that 20 per cent were "somewhat confident" while 23 per cent were "quite confident" about UIDAI being able to protect their Aadhaar details
Criticising Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Twitter, Snowden said instead of an investigation, the journalist needed to be rewarded for exposing that the Aadhaar data was not fullproof and could be obtained at a cost of only Rs 50
“Government is fully committed to freedom of Press as well as to maintaining security and sanctity of Aadhaar for India’s development. FIR is against unknown,” Union law minister said.
The FIR mentions the names of the journalist and the people the reporter reached out to purchase the Aadhaar data, but they have not been shown as accused, the police said.
"The government does not shy away from filing FIR against innocents, while those who spew communal propaganda are honoured with high posts," alleged party spokesperson Shobha Oza.
UIDAI denied breach or leak of Aadhaar data after a newspaper reported it bought unrestricted access to the details of over one billion Aadhaar numbers -- for just Rs 500.
"The Aadhaar data, including biometric information, is fully safe and secure," the authority said in a statement.
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