SC Issues Notice to Center and UIDAI Over Aadhaar Law

On Friday, the SC asked the central govt to respond to the petition that challenges amendments to the Aadhaar law cleared by parliament in July this year.
The petition was filed by a retired army officer and a rights activist and it argued that the amendments in the law create a backdoor to permit private parties to access the Aadhaar ecosystem.
They said that this amendment allowed the state and the private parties to monitor the citizens.

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The petition states that the amendments to the Aadhaar law create a new system of “offline verification” that bypasses the UIDAI.
The bench headed by CJI SA Bobde heard senior lawyer Shyam Divan before issuing a notice to UIDAI and the center.

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