Why Aadhaar card mandatory for rations, asks HC in notice
The public interest litigation filed by NGO Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan sought quashing of the Centre’s February 8 notification that made it mandatory for beneficiaries to possess Aadhaar cards for purchasing subsidised food grain under the National Food Security Act. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court, taking up a petition, on Wednesday, in a notice asked the Centre and others why was Aadhaar card mandatory for getting subsidised food grain through the Public Distribution System. A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal sought the response from the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and the Delhi government before April 24, the next date of hearing. The petitioner sought directions to enforce what it said was the fundamental right to food to Delhi residents, particularly the poor and vulnerable groups dependent on subsidised food grain distributed by the Delhi government through the Public Distribution System.
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