Supreme Court strikes down a section of Aadhaar Act which allows mobile companies, banks and schools to demand Aadhaar.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday...
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From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
Hopefully, Justice Chandrachud’s minority view that recourse to the Money Bill route was wrong will serve as a note of caution. Like the Mauritius route, a lot of dodgy stuff has been getting through, with the Speaker playing along …
The apex court has struck a fair balance. Indiscriminate recourse to Aadhaar – mobiles, bank accounts, etc – has been struck down. What should worry the government is that this programme is falling flat even on its most basic duty, viz, to prevent misuse or diversion under welfare / subsidy programmes such as the PDS. Recently, in a case from Uttar Pradesh, as many as 1.8 lac fraudulent transactions for diversion of food grains have come to light. It is also now clear that the data bases are easily hacked into.
Hopefully, Justice Chandrachud’s minority view that recourse to the Money Bill route was wrong will serve as a note of caution. Like the Mauritius route, a lot of dodgy stuff has been getting through, with the Speaker playing along …
Justice Chandrachud is a fine jurist. Far sighted, genuinely liberal, reflects the aspirations of a changing society.
The apex court has struck a fair balance. Indiscriminate recourse to Aadhaar – mobiles, bank accounts, etc – has been struck down. What should worry the government is that this programme is falling flat even on its most basic duty, viz, to prevent misuse or diversion under welfare / subsidy programmes such as the PDS. Recently, in a case from Uttar Pradesh, as many as 1.8 lac fraudulent transactions for diversion of food grains have come to light. It is also now clear that the data bases are easily hacked into.