Friday, April 6, 2018

13208 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 6th April 2018



Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court stopped the Centre on Thursday from projecting Aadhaar as panacea for all systemic ills, including bank frauds worth billions of rupees, and said the unique number as a tool for authentication of identity could not stop bank scams even if it might be useful in uplifting the ...






The News Minute
Is Aadhaar linking mandatory in order to be the beneficiary of social security and welfare pensions in Kerala? Well, the state Finance Minister Thomas Isaac made it clear that Aadhaar is not mandatory to get social security, social welfare pensions. The minister's explanation came in the wake of a news ...






MediaNama.com
The AG said Aadhaar will last for a long time in the future. It has been ... Aadhaar is an ongoing process and the technology and security will be updated as and when required. ... Justice Chandrachud said that perhaps Aadhaar passes the test of legitimate state interest, but proportionality is in question.






NewsClick
On day 25 of the Aadhaar hearings the Attorney General (AG) continued his submissions. The AG responded to the issues raised by the Supreme Court as well as petitioners. The first pertained to the open and wide definition accorded to 'biometric information' under section 2(g) of the Aadhaar Act. The ...





Financial Chronicle (press release) (blog)
Collection of biometric and demographic data including fingerprints under the Aadhaar identity programme does not violate the right to privacy of an individual, the Centre asserted in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Attorney General KK Venugopal made this assertion before a five-judge Constitution ...






Times of India
MUMBAI: You can now provide Aadhaar as a proof of age and address while applying for a driving licence at any regional transport office in the state. The transport department issued a circular on Thursday allowing Aadhaar as proof of age and address for new licences as well as for change in address ...






Scroll.in
The Western Railways' Mumbai division published the Aadhaar numbers, addresses and phone numbers of 20 people injured in a stampede on Elphinstone Bridge in central Mumbai in September in response to a Right to Information query asking for proof that they had received compensation, ...






Moneylife
They contended that the I-T Department was not permitting e-filing of their tax returns without quoting Aadhaar number. While the Supreme Court had extended deadline to link Aadhaar with permanent account number (PAN), the I-T Department has not yet implemented this on its e-filing website. Due to ...






Telangana Today
Hyderabad: Much before Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) asked States to ensure that all prisoners had Aadhaar cards, the Telangana Prisons department has already ensured that most of the prisoners, including convicts, in its jails, have the crucial identity document. In case of remand prisoners who ...






Daily News & Analysis
In a move that could affect mobile phone operators who are demanding Aadhaar details from their customers, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre how legitimate would it be to ask 120 crore people of the country to link their mobile phones to Aadhaar just to get hold of a few terrorists.






Nagpur Today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that Aadhaar can't stop bank frauds and it is the bank officials who are hand in glove with the fraudsters. “Aadhaar can do little to stop bank frauds,” the apex court said. It added that the bank knows who is it giving loans to and the bank […] Show Full ...