Aadhaar scheme News

As many as 31 petitions, including one by former High Court judge K S Puttaswamy, have been filed in the matter.

The apex court has asked petitioners opposed to Aadhaar scheme to prepare questionnaire after UIDAI CEO's PowerPoint presentation.

The court has extended the March 31 deadline for linking of Aadhaar to avail various services and welfare schemes run by the government until it delivers its verdict on the validity of the 12-digit biometric number and its enabling law.

India is on a "very good wicket" on privacy in this age of digital technology, artitect of the Aadhaar scheme Nandan Nilekani has said.

The nine-judge Constitution bench of SC had reserved the verdict on August 2 on whether right to privacy is a fundamental right.

A nine-judge constitution bench had on August 2 had reserved its verdict on whether right to privacy can be held as a fundamental right.

The Supreme Court on August 02 had voiced concern over the possible misuse of personal information in the public domain.

The high-voltage hearing before a bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar saw Attorney General K K Venugopal strongly objecting to the use of these phrases by senior counsel Shyam Divan who appeared for those having reservations over the policy relating to the unique identification scheme.

Former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's famous remark in 1985 that only 15 paise of every rupee meant for welfare of downtrodden reaches them has found mention in the judgement of the Supreme Court which said this "malaise" can be taken care of by Aadhaar scheme.

Government has eliminated 1.6 crore duplicate and bogus ration cards that will help save about Rs 10,000 crore in subsidy bill annually, said Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa.

The NDA government Friday told the Supreme Court that it will continue with the erstwhile UPA regime's flagship programme, the Aadhaar scheme.