State governments must apply their legal minds to abandon biometric data collection the way it has been done in UK, US, France, China and Australia before being compelled by the Court to do so
The Supreme Court has listed 26 November 2013 as the next of hearing in the matter of 12 digit biometric unique identification (UID)/ Aadhaar number project. The Court in its
The Supreme Court has listed 26 November 2013 as the next of hearing in the matter of 12 digit biometric unique identification (UID)/ Aadhaar number project. The Court in its
order dated 23 September 2013 directed, “In the meanwhile, no person should suffer for not getting the Aadhaar card in spite of the fact that some authority had issued a circular making it mandatory”. But in manifest contempt of court, states like Jharkhand, Mizoram and others are making it mandatory. After Court’s order, Jharkhand Government issued an appeal in all the newspapers in October 2013 making Aadhaar number mandatory for all the students in the state. The appeal is attached. Hopefully, the Supreme Court will take these states to task.