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Supreme Court Rules Aadhaar Not Mandatory For Social Benefits

The Supreme Court of India has ordered that the government should not restrict social benefits to those who are yet to receive their Aadhaar card and not to issue the card to illegal migrants, reports The Economic Times. The ruling comes after a PIL was raised by Karnataka High Court judge KS Puttaswamy claiming that various state governments have linked social benefits to Aadhaar, resulting in many people denied of these benefits. Besides this, the PIL also claimed that the UID was violating Article 21 - "Protection of life and personal liberty: No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law." To get an Aadhaar card, one has to submit biometric details such as finger printing and iris scan. The PIL further claimed that the Aadhaar card is being distributed to everyone indiscriminately, including illegal migrants, posing a security risk to the nation. We have heard of several instance where people were receiving Aadhaar cards for a second time, despite already having received them earlier: fourteen branch post offices in Garladinne mandal have received a bunch of Aadhaar cards second time. In April 2013, UIDAI had apparently issued around 3,858 Aadhaar letters with photos of trees, animals or buildings in place of the photos of individuals. In April 2012, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had apparently issued an an Aadhaar card to a fictitious Mr Kothimeer (coriander) with a photo of a mobile phone. In May 2012, the Indian Postal Department had apparently sent back around 50,000 Aadhaar cards issued in Hyderabad to The Unique…

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