‘Symbol Of Digital Economy’: Supreme Court Rules Aadhaar Is Valid, With Riders hindustantimes.com

Aadhaar is constitutionally fair and gives “dignity to the marginalised”, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday in its verdict, allowing the government to mandate the unique identity number to access subsidies and welfare schemes.

But the court ordered that the government could not make the Aadhaar number a condition for operating bank accounts, mobile phones and school or college admissions. The provision, which allowed private companies to use Aadhaar to establish the identity of residents, has also been scrapped by the top court. It also cancelled the clause that permitted a joint secretary-rank official to authorise security agencies to get Aadhaar-related information.