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SC Bench to study Aadhaar verdict
Why is it in news?
- A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court will examine seven petitions, seeking a review of the court’s verdict upholding the Aadhaar programme as a reasonable restriction.
Details:
- The Supreme Court has upheld the Aadhaar programme as a reasonable restriction on individual privacy to fulfil the government’s aim to provide dignity to the poor.
- The majority view held by the Constitution Bench declared Aadhaar an “unparalleled” identity proof that could not be duplicated unlike PAN, ration card, and passport.
- In his dissent, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud called Aadhaar “unconstitutional”.
- One of the petitions, highlighted the passage of the Aadhaar Act as a Money Bill by superseding the Rajya Sabha, and called it a “fraud on the Constitution”.