SC to Examine Plea Challenging Centre's Decision to Link Electoral Roll Data with Aadhaar
2 years, 2 months ago

SC to Examine Plea Challenging Centre's Decision to Link Electoral Roll Data with Aadhaar

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea challenging the Centre’s decision that enables linking electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem. A bench of Justices S K Kaul and Abhay S Oka tagged the petition filed by former Major General S G Vombatkere with a similar pending matter. Senior advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that right to vote is one of the most sacred rights and it should not be denied if an individual lacks Aadhaar. The Centre had earlier amended the Registration of Electors Rules to allow linking Aadhaar details with a voters list to weed out duplicate entries and make election law gender neutral for service voters.

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Delhi HC questions maintainability of plea against AAP poll promise
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1 day, 12 hours ago

Delhi HC questions maintainability of plea against AAP poll promise

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday questioned the maintainability of a plea against Aam Aadmi Party’s recent poll promise of paying a stipend of ₹2,100 to women in the Capital under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana if the party returns to power. “How is it maintainable as an election petition?” Justice Jyoti Singh said, and advised the petitioner to file …

Supreme Court stays proceedings on election petition against AAP's Durgesh Pathak
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court stays proceedings on election petition against AAP's Durgesh Pathak

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice on a plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party leader Durgesh Pathak, in which he sought quashing of an election petition that challenged his victory in the 2022 Delhi Assembly bypoll. Providing relief to the AAP MLA from Delhi's Rajinder Nagar, the court also, in the interim, stayed further proceedings in the election …

Aadhaar Number Not Mandatory For Electoral Rolls, Will Make Changes In Forms To Enrol New Voters: ECI Tells Supreme Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Aadhaar Number Not Mandatory For Electoral Rolls, Will Make Changes In Forms To Enrol New Voters: ECI Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Election Commission of India has given an undertaking to the Supreme Court that it will issue "appropriate clarificatory changes" in Forms 6 and 6B which required details of Aadhaar number for the purpose of electoral roll authentication for new voters.The senior counsel appearing for the Election Commission also told a bench comprising Chief Justice of India. The Election Commission …

Supreme Court Of India Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Aadhaar-Voter ID Card Linkage
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Of India Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Aadhaar-Voter ID Card Linkage

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India on Monday issued notice in a petition challenging the power of the Election Commission of India to use the Aadhaar database in the process of deletion and updation of entries in the electoral roll. 28 of the Representation of People's Act, 1950 and the Registration of Electors Rules, 2022 and two notifications regarding Aadhaar-Voter Card …

SC to examine plea challenging decision to link electoral roll data with Aadhaar
2 years, 2 months ago

SC to examine plea challenging decision to link electoral roll data with Aadhaar

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea challenging the Centre's decision that enables linking electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem. A bench of Justices S K Kaul and Abhay S Oka tagged the petition filed by former Major General S G Vombatkere with a similar pending matter. Senior advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for the …

SC tags plea challenging Aadhaar-voter ID linking with other pending cases, says detailed hearing required
2 years, 2 months ago

SC tags plea challenging Aadhaar-voter ID linking with other pending cases, says detailed hearing required

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a PIL challenging the Centre’s move to link Aadhaar numbers with voter IDs. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and AS Oka tagged the PIL with the pending cases challenging the amendments to the Aadhaar Act. Justice Kaul then sought to clarify Divan’s argument: "Your argument seems to be that those …

New guidelines from August 1 on revision of electoral rolls: CEO
2 years, 5 months ago

New guidelines from August 1 on revision of electoral rolls: CEO

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh’s chief electoral officer Mukesh Meena has announced that new guidelines will come into force for revision of electoral rolls from Aug. 1. For the benefit of the already registered voters, the ECI had introduced Form-6B to enable them submit their Aadhaar number, The new form would be available on web portals like ECI and others by July …

EC to start campaign to link voter ID with Aadhaar from August 1. Check details
2 years, 5 months ago

EC to start campaign to link voter ID with Aadhaar from August 1. Check details

Live Mint  

The Election Commission of India is set to begin a campaign to link Voter ID cards with Aadhaar cards from August 1. Shrikant Deshpande, Chief Election Officer, Maharashtra told ANI, “the Election Commission of India will start a campaign to link Voter ID cards with Aadhaar cards from August 1, across the state.” This will be done to establish identity …

SC asks Cong leader to approach HC against law linking Aadhaar with Voter ID
2 years, 5 months ago

SC asks Cong leader to approach HC against law linking Aadhaar with Voter ID

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Monday asked Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala to approach the Delhi High Court with his plea challenging the Election Law Amendment Act that enables linking electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem. The Election Law Amendment Act enables linking electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem. The Congress leader, in his plea, said that the linkage …

Linking Aadhaar to electoral rolls is a great reform move
3 years ago

Linking Aadhaar to electoral rolls is a great reform move

Live Mint  

Indian Parliament recently passed an amendment to our electoral laws allowing the digital linking of the Aadhaar number of a citizen to the country’s electoral rolls on a voluntary basis. It would also become difficult for Indians to vote electronically, in case the law someday allows this, if the country’s electoral rolls are not properly maintained. This database should be …

Thinking before linking: On linking electoral rolls with Aadhaar
3 years ago

Thinking before linking: On linking electoral rolls with Aadhaar

The Hindu  

An unwillingness to allow meaningful debate and invite wider consultation can undo even the progressive aspects of problematic legislation. On the face of it, the Bill’s objective — to purify the rolls and weed out bogus voters — may appear laudable, and the seeding of Aadhaar data with voter identity particulars may seem to be a good way of achieving …

Opposition parties seek scrutiny of electoral reforms bill
3 years ago

Opposition parties seek scrutiny of electoral reforms bill

Hindustan Times  

Opposition parties have demanded further scrutiny of contentious provisions of the Election Laws Bill, which was passed in the Lok Sabha by a voice vote hours after law minister Kiren Rijiju tabled the proposed law in the Lower House on Monday. The Bill proposes to allow Election Commission officials to seek Aadhaar details of registered voters on a voluntary basis …

Aadhaar and Voter ID link: Joining the strands of the debate
3 years ago

Aadhaar and Voter ID link: Joining the strands of the debate

Hindustan Times  

The Lok Sabha on Monday cleared a draft legislation on electoral reforms seeking to use Aadhaar numbers for identification and verification of voters, with the central government maintaining the process would weed out duplicate and fake voter IDs. In Section 23, the amendment seeks to include new clauses authorising electoral registration officers to seek the Aadhaar numbers of people who …

Constitutional Error To Hold At This Stage That No Ground Exists To Review Aadhaar Verdict: Justice Chandrachud Dissents
3 years, 11 months ago

Constitutional Error To Hold At This Stage That No Ground Exists To Review Aadhaar Verdict: Justice Chandrachud Dissents

Live Law  

It is a constitutional error to hold at this stage that no ground exists to review the judgment, Justice DY Chandrachud remarked in his dissent against dismissal of review petitions challenging Aadhaar verdict.The judge said that if these review petitions are to be dismissed and the larger bench reference in Rojer Mathew were to disagree with the analysis of the …

Breaking- Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petitions Challenging Aadhaar Verdict, Justice Chandrachud Dissents
3 years, 11 months ago

Breaking- Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petitions Challenging Aadhaar Verdict, Justice Chandrachud Dissents

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, by 4:1 majority, has dismissed a batch of review petitions challenging the judgment of the Constitution Bench in Aadhaar case.While Justices AM Khanwilkar, Ashok Bhushan, S. Abdul Nazeer and BR Gavai observed that no case for review of judgment, Justice DY Chandrachud expressed his dissent. The Supreme Court, by 4:1 majority, has dismissed a batch of review …

Supreme Court to deliver judgment today on pleas seeking review of verdict upholding Aadhaar validity
4 years ago

Supreme Court to deliver judgment today on pleas seeking review of verdict upholding Aadhaar validity

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Monday its verdict on pleas seeking review of a verdict upholding the Centre’s flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid but striking down some of its provisions, including its linking with bank accounts, mobile phones and school admissions. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by then Chief Justice Dipak Misra held that …

Aadhaar Verdict Review: SC Judgement on Pleas Against Aadhaar Scheme Validity Tomorrow
4 years ago

Aadhaar Verdict Review: SC Judgement on Pleas Against Aadhaar Scheme Validity Tomorrow

News 18  

The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Monday its verdict on pleas seeking review of a verdict upholding the Centre’s flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid but striking down some of its provisions, including its linking with bank accounts, mobile phones and school admissions. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by then Chief Justice Dipak Misra held that while Aadhaar …

Supreme Court To Consider Review Petitions Against Aadhaar Verdict Tomorrow
4 years ago

Supreme Court To Consider Review Petitions Against Aadhaar Verdict Tomorrow

Live Law  

The review petitions against the September 2018 verdict of the Supreme Court upholding the Aadhaar project are listed before a five judge bench tomorrow.A Constitution Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan, S Abdul Nazeer and BR Gavai will consider the petitions at 1.30 pm in chamber. The review petitions against the September 2018 verdict of the Supreme …

CIC Dismisses Appeal Against Non-Disclosure Of Information Sought From SC Regarding 38 Petitions In Aadhaar Case
4 years, 1 month ago

CIC Dismisses Appeal Against Non-Disclosure Of Information Sought From SC Regarding 38 Petitions In Aadhaar Case

Live Law  

The Central Information Commission has dismissed an appeal filed by an RTI Applicant against non-disclosure of the information sought about the decisions taken in 38 petitions disposed by the Supreme Court in Aadhaar judgment.The Commission said that the judgment titled Justice K. S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India comprises of collective decision for the entire batch of 38 petitions,. The …

Supreme Court seeks government reply to plea on Aadhaar data use by private firms
5 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court seeks government reply to plea on Aadhaar data use by private firms

The Hindu  

A Bench of Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde and B.R. Gavai of the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Union government and the Unique Identification Authority of India to respond to a petition alleging that recent amendments to the Aadhaar law opened the back door to private players to access citizens’ sensitive personal data. “The impugned Act creates a …

SC Issues Notice On Plea Against Amendment Allowing Use Of Aadhaar Data By Private Entities [Read Petition]
5 years, 1 month ago

SC Issues Notice On Plea Against Amendment Allowing Use Of Aadhaar Data By Private Entities [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Central Government and the Unique Identification Authority of India on a petition questioning the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar and Other Laws Act 2019, which allows private entities to use Aadhaar data of citizens.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India S A Bobde and Justice B R Gavai was considering a. …

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking linking of Aadhaar with social media accounts
5 years, 2 months ago

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking linking of Aadhaar with social media accounts

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking a direction to the Centre to take steps for linking social media accounts with Aadhaar to check the menace of “fake and paid news“. The apex court is already hearing a separate petition filed by Facebook Inc seeking transfer of cases related to Aadhaar linking with social media accounts …

Plea In SC Seeks Linkage Of Social Media Accounts With Aadhaar [Read Petition]
5 years, 3 months ago

Plea In SC Seeks Linkage Of Social Media Accounts With Aadhaar [Read Petition]

Live Law  

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court, seeking linkage of Social media accounts such as Facebook and Twitter, with Aadhaar Cards. The plea also sought in the alternative directions to the Central Government to take apposite steps to deactivate fake and ghost social media accounts in order to control fake and paid news. Considerably, Section 126 of the …

Content management: On Aadhaar-social media linkage
5 years, 4 months ago

Content management: On Aadhaar-social media linkage

The Hindu  

The submissions in the Supreme Court on behalf of the Tamil Nadu government in support of linking social media profiles of registered users with their Aadhaar numbers are not well-founded in the law as it now stands. It is noteworthy that a Division Bench of the Madras High Court, which is hearing two writ petitions on this matter, did not …

Link Aadhaar to Facebook? Apex court seeks response from government
5 years, 4 months ago

Link Aadhaar to Facebook? Apex court seeks response from government

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the central government on a plea by Facebook and its unit WhatsApp to transfer to the top court all petitions related to linking Aadhaar to individual profiles pending before different high courts. The apex court also issued notice to Google, Twitter, YouTube and other social media companies seeking a response by 13 …

Jamaica SC Follows Aadhaar Dissent to Strike Down Its ID System
5 years, 8 months ago

Jamaica SC Follows Aadhaar Dissent to Strike Down Its ID System

The Quint  

Notwithstanding the far reaching decision of the majority, I am inclined towards the view of Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud J in his dissenting judgment. That learned Judge recognised that technology has caused our institutions of governance to face new challenges. I respectfully wish to adopt as my own, the learned Judge summarised the overall constitutional failings of the Aadhaar scheme …

Challenge Against Aadhaar Ordinance: Delhi HC Seeks Centre's Response
5 years, 8 months ago

Challenge Against Aadhaar Ordinance: Delhi HC Seeks Centre's Response

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response of the Centre on a plea which has challenged the constitutional validity of the recent Aadhaar Ordinance on the grounds that it was brought to "overturn" the Supreme Court decision regarding the use of Aadhaar by the private sector. A five-judge Constitution bench of the apex court had in September last year …

The Aadhaar ordinance raises serious constitutional concerns
5 years, 10 months ago

The Aadhaar ordinance raises serious constitutional concerns

Hindustan Times  

Late on Thursday night, the Union Cabinet approved the promulgation of the Aadhaar and other Laws Ordinance, 2019. This ordinance, as the name suggests, amends the Aadhaar Act, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s September 2018 judgment that held parts of it to be unconstitutional. The Aadhaar amendments are also worrying because they attempt to directly overturn the Supreme …

A renewed attack on privacy: on Aadhaar Bill
6 years ago

A renewed attack on privacy: on Aadhaar Bill

The Hindu  

On Friday, the Lok Sabha, without any attendant discussion, passed the Aadhaar and Other Laws Bill, 2018. Originally, Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act allowed both the state and private entities to use the programme to establish an individual’s identity pursuant to a law or a contract. This part of the section, thus, is declared unconstitutional.” Although this leaves little …

SC Declines Urgent Hearing Of PIL Seeking Linking Of Aadhaar & Voter IDs
6 years ago

SC Declines Urgent Hearing Of PIL Seeking Linking Of Aadhaar & Voter IDs

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today turned down an oral plea made for urgent listing of a PIL seeking linking of Aadhaar with Voter IDs.The PIL is filed in February 2018 by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwani Upadhyaya, who made the oral mention today before the bench of CJI.In April 2018, the SC had said that it will hear the petition after …

Calcutta HC Questions Non Verification Of Declarations Made During Aadhaar Enrollment [Read Judgment]
6 years ago

Calcutta HC Questions Non Verification Of Declarations Made During Aadhaar Enrollment [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has observed that is arbitrary to allow one sort of information establishing the identity of an individual to pass without verification during the Aadhaar enrollment process.A landlord had approached the high court alleging that an employee of his deceased tenant took advantage of the death of the tenant and alleged falsely that he was the son …

The Aadhaar and Other Laws Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
6 years ago

The Aadhaar and Other Laws Bill introduced in Lok Sabha

The Quint  

New Delhi, Jan 2 The Aadhaar and Other Laws Bill, 2018 that amends the Aadhaar Act 2016 was introduced in the Lok Sabha amid opposition by the Congress and the Trinamool Congress. Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who introduced the Bill, said it was not in violation of the Supreme Court judgement and rejected the Opposition's concern over privacy. …

Review petition filed in SC seeking re-examination of its Aadhaar verdict
6 years ago

Review petition filed in SC seeking re-examination of its Aadhaar verdict

Firstpost  

The petition challenges the verdict that Aadhaar Act does not violate the right to privacy. A review petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking re-examination of its verdict by which the Centre’s flagship Aadhaar scheme was held as constitutionally valid. It claimed that the Aadhaar program, which had been in existence prior to the enactment of the …

Review Petition Filed In SC Against Constitution Bench’s Aadhaar Judgment [Read Petition]
6 years ago

Review Petition Filed In SC Against Constitution Bench’s Aadhaar Judgment [Read Petition]

Live Law  

A review petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of India challenging its upholding of the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar in Justice K.S. It submits, “Both these judgments have failed to account that when there is an express prohibition in the plain language of the statute itself, then it must be given effect to, and on this ground alone, …

Review petition in Supreme Court against its Aadhaar verdict
6 years ago

Review petition in Supreme Court against its Aadhaar verdict

Live Mint  

New Delhi: A review petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking re-examination of its verdict by which the Centre’s flagship Aadhaar scheme was held as constitutionally valid. Senior advocate Indira Jaising said the review petition has been filed against the September 26 verdict of the five-judge constitution bench which had said there was nothing in the Aadhaar …

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