The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea challenging the validity of the Aadhaar Act and privacy concerns surrounding the 12-digit unique identity number
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea challenging the validity of the Aadhaar Act and privacy concerns surrounding the 12-digit unique identity number.
The matter was brought before a bench headed by justice J. Chelameswar, who said that it would be heard on Friday—along with other petitions challenging Aadhaar’s mandatory linking with bank accounts and mobile phone numbers.
The plea was brought by Karnataka-based Mathew Thomas, who has challenged the validity of the 2016 Act, citing privacy concerns and reports that the biometric system was not working properly.
On 30 October, the apex court referred all Aadhaar cases to a five-judge Constitution bench to be formed by the end of November.
The directive was passed by a bench headed by chief justice Dipak Misra after it was informed by the centre of its unwillingness to extend the deadline for linking Aadhaar to various schemes to 31 March and requesting a hearing instead.
First Published: Thu, Nov 02 2017. 01 54 PM IST