The Supreme Court today ruled
that Aadhar is not mandatory for availing various welfare schemes of the
government. The court made it clear that even for availing facilities PDS,
kerosene and LPG distribution system the card will not be mandatory. It barred
the authorities from sharing personal biometric data collected for enrollment
under the scheme.
A three judge bench took on
record Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi's statement to this effect.
The court said the Centre shall
give wide publicity through electronic and print media that the card is not
mandatory to avail the schemes. The apex court was hearing a batch of petitions
challenging the Aadhar scheme.
It directed that the information
received by UIDAI shall not be used for any other purposes, except in criminal
investigation with the permission of the court. A Constitution bench of the
apex court will also decide the larger question of whether collecting biometric
data for preparing Aadhar cards infringed an individual's privacy and if right
to privacy was a fundamental right.
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