This is a record of the proceedings in the Supreme Court bench hearings on the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar, which began on Feb 13, 2018. You may read the previous days' proceedings here: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16., Day 17, Day 18, Day 19, Day 20, Day 21 and Day 22. The AG read out the list of 20 questions asked by the petitioners and the responses to them. We are embedding the original document here rather than relying on quotes from live reporting and reporting only discussion about the answers below the document. [embeddoc url="https://www.medianama.com/wp-content/uploads/CEO-Responses-To-Questions-Batch-I.pdf" download="all"] About the fourth response regarding parental consent for children, Justices Khanwilkar and Sikri said that they don't know if the measures are being implemented on ground. Justice Chandrachud said that it may not be for Dr. Pandey, but for the government to satisfy the Bench on the implementation as it is experienced in the field. The AG rounded up the responses saying Aadhaar is an evolving technology. And all other alternatives were considered for a period of ten years. He says the act can always be amended and rectified. The AG reiterated that the Aadhaar project is one of a kind and has been praised all over the world. The AG then read from the 2013 Registrar Handbook which has a section of offline vs online authentication and superiority of Aadhaar over something like smart cards. The AG argued that Aadhaar…
