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'Should Intruders With Aadhaar Be Made Voter?' Supreme Court's Big Question
Raising concerns over intruders who managed to get Aadhaar cards, the Supreme Court has asked whether a non-citizen with an Aadhaar card should be given voting rights too. Aadhaar, the court said
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Law Linking Aadhaar, Voter ID Challenged In Court, Hearing Tomorrow
The controversial law linking Aadhaar and Voter Identity Card has been challenged in the Supreme Court, with Congress's Randeep Singh Surjewala demanding that it be repealed. The top court will hear the case tomorrow.
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2018 Aadhaar Verdict Won't Be Reviewed, Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals
The 2018 judgment upholding the validity of the giant national ID scheme Aadhaar need not be reviewed, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, dismissing petitions which challenged the order on grounds that the government had pushed the programme bypassing a vote in the Rajya Sabha.
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IT Ministry Said to Not Favour Aadhaar-Social Media Linkage, No Official Position Yet
The Information Technology Ministry may not be in favour of linking Aadhaar with social media profiles under the reasoning that it clashes with earlier judgements on privacy and use of the biometric identification card.
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Top Court Asks If Centre Plans Aadhaar Verification For Social Media
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the central government to explain if it is considering any move to link social media accounts with its unique identity programme Aadhaar.
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Now Only Government Can Use Aadhaar Database, And That's A Problem
The world's biggest repository of citizen information, India's Aadhaar database, is now beyond the private sector's reach. That was the verdict last week by the country's top court, which refused to strike down the entire biometric-based system as unconstitutional. Now only the government can use it, and that's a problem.
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Reasonable Restrictions On Aadhaar Will Further Strengthen It: UIDAI
Calling it historic and landmark, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court judgment on Aadhaar and said the reasonable conditions and restrictions imposed on the private usage of unique identity data would further strengthen it.
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Supreme Court Aadhaar Verdict "Balanced", Say IT Industry Leaders
The Supreme Court verdict in the Aadhaar case is balanced as it has upheld the constitutional validity of the scheme while also addressing data privacy issues, leading figures in the information technology (IT) industry said.
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Foreign Media On Landmark Verdict On Aadhaar, World's Largest ID Scheme
India's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the validity of a giant and controversial government program to collect and store the biometric data of its billion-plus citizens, but placed new limits on how the data can be used and stored.
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The Landmark Aadhaar Verdict: What It Means For You
Aadhaar is compulsory for filing Income Tax return, so you must link it with your PAN number. PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline is March 31, 2019.
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On Aadhaar, Justice Ashok Bhushan Concurs With Majority Verdict
Justice Ashok Bhushan, in his separate verdict in the Aadhaar case, concurred with the majority three-judge judgement and said that the government and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) were empowered to cure defects in the Aadhaar scheme.
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"Slap On BJP's Face": Congress On Key Part Of Top Court's Aadhaar Ruling
The Congress on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to strike down Section 57 of the Aadhaar act which allowed private parties to access Aadhaar data.
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"Better To Be Unique Than Best": Top Court Upholds Aadhaar, With Limits
The Aadhaar card empowers those on the margins of society, which far outweighs its flaws, the Supreme Court said today, upholding the validity of the giant national ID scheme but with limits on how biometric data collected from more than one billion citizens can be used. In a four-one majority judgement, the court cleared the use of Aadhaar for acc...
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Highlights: Aadhaar Saved Centre Rs 90,000 Crore, Says Arun Jaitley
Aadhaar empowers marginalised sections of the society and gives them identity, which outweighs the harm, Supreme Court said, pronouncing the national identity card "constitutionally valid" in response to petitions raising violation of privacy. "One can't throw the baby out with the bathwater," said the judges, which asserted that private parties ca...
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For Chief Justice Dipak Misra's Last Month In Court, 5 Impactful Cases
From gay rights to adultery and entrance for woman in Kerala's famous Sabarimala temple, a five-judge constitution bench is expected to deliver a record number of judgments this month that have challenged the country's social fabric. There is also the question of validity of Aadhaar, which the government wants linked to every aspect of life - from ...
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'Should Intruders With Aadhaar Be Made Voter?' Supreme Court's Big Question
Raising concerns over intruders who managed to get Aadhaar cards, the Supreme Court has asked whether a non-citizen with an Aadhaar card should be given voting rights too. Aadhaar, the court said
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Law Linking Aadhaar, Voter ID Challenged In Court, Hearing Tomorrow
The controversial law linking Aadhaar and Voter Identity Card has been challenged in the Supreme Court, with Congress's Randeep Singh Surjewala demanding that it be repealed. The top court will hear the case tomorrow.
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2018 Aadhaar Verdict Won't Be Reviewed, Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals
The 2018 judgment upholding the validity of the giant national ID scheme Aadhaar need not be reviewed, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, dismissing petitions which challenged the order on grounds that the government had pushed the programme bypassing a vote in the Rajya Sabha.
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IT Ministry Said to Not Favour Aadhaar-Social Media Linkage, No Official Position Yet
The Information Technology Ministry may not be in favour of linking Aadhaar with social media profiles under the reasoning that it clashes with earlier judgements on privacy and use of the biometric identification card.
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Top Court Asks If Centre Plans Aadhaar Verification For Social Media
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the central government to explain if it is considering any move to link social media accounts with its unique identity programme Aadhaar.
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Now Only Government Can Use Aadhaar Database, And That's A Problem
The world's biggest repository of citizen information, India's Aadhaar database, is now beyond the private sector's reach. That was the verdict last week by the country's top court, which refused to strike down the entire biometric-based system as unconstitutional. Now only the government can use it, and that's a problem.
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Reasonable Restrictions On Aadhaar Will Further Strengthen It: UIDAI
Calling it historic and landmark, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court judgment on Aadhaar and said the reasonable conditions and restrictions imposed on the private usage of unique identity data would further strengthen it.
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Supreme Court Aadhaar Verdict "Balanced", Say IT Industry Leaders
The Supreme Court verdict in the Aadhaar case is balanced as it has upheld the constitutional validity of the scheme while also addressing data privacy issues, leading figures in the information technology (IT) industry said.
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Foreign Media On Landmark Verdict On Aadhaar, World's Largest ID Scheme
India's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the validity of a giant and controversial government program to collect and store the biometric data of its billion-plus citizens, but placed new limits on how the data can be used and stored.
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The Landmark Aadhaar Verdict: What It Means For You
Aadhaar is compulsory for filing Income Tax return, so you must link it with your PAN number. PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline is March 31, 2019.
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On Aadhaar, Justice Ashok Bhushan Concurs With Majority Verdict
Justice Ashok Bhushan, in his separate verdict in the Aadhaar case, concurred with the majority three-judge judgement and said that the government and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) were empowered to cure defects in the Aadhaar scheme.
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"Slap On BJP's Face": Congress On Key Part Of Top Court's Aadhaar Ruling
The Congress on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to strike down Section 57 of the Aadhaar act which allowed private parties to access Aadhaar data.
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"Better To Be Unique Than Best": Top Court Upholds Aadhaar, With Limits
The Aadhaar card empowers those on the margins of society, which far outweighs its flaws, the Supreme Court said today, upholding the validity of the giant national ID scheme but with limits on how biometric data collected from more than one billion citizens can be used. In a four-one majority judgement, the court cleared the use of Aadhaar for acc...
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Highlights: Aadhaar Saved Centre Rs 90,000 Crore, Says Arun Jaitley
Aadhaar empowers marginalised sections of the society and gives them identity, which outweighs the harm, Supreme Court said, pronouncing the national identity card "constitutionally valid" in response to petitions raising violation of privacy. "One can't throw the baby out with the bathwater," said the judges, which asserted that private parties ca...
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For Chief Justice Dipak Misra's Last Month In Court, 5 Impactful Cases
From gay rights to adultery and entrance for woman in Kerala's famous Sabarimala temple, a five-judge constitution bench is expected to deliver a record number of judgments this month that have challenged the country's social fabric. There is also the question of validity of Aadhaar, which the government wants linked to every aspect of life - from ...
