Supreme Court Aadhaar Hearing
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Centre Said Court Ordered Aadhaar-Phone Linking. Top Court's Rejoinder
For more than a year, the centre has cited a Supreme Court ruling to order millions of mobile phone subscribers to link their phone connection with an Aadhaar number and many have complied. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court pulled out the ruling. It turned out that the Supreme Court had never ordered the government to link mobile phones with Aadhaar.
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"Is Everyone A Terrorist?" Supreme Court Judge Asks Why Link Cellphone To Aadhaar
The government's decision to use Aadhaar to reach benefits to the poor, curb money laundering and protect tax collections is understandable, the Supreme Court remarked on Thursday. But, the Supreme Court asked, could the government go on to make Aadhaar mandatory for every transaction. "There comes the problem," Justice DY Chandrachud observed, won...
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"Tomorrow May Say Give Blood Sample": Supreme Court Judge On Aadhaar Body Powers
The UIDAI, which runs the Aadhaar identification programme, has been given wide powers and could tomorrow ask people to give their blood samples too, a Supreme Court judge observed on Wednesday, expressing concern at the powers that the 2016 Aadhaar law had given to the UIDAI, or the Unique Identification Authority of India.
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Will Take Supercomputer "Age Of Universe" To Hack Into Data: Aadhaar Boss
Aadhaar data has been secured by a 2048-bit encryption key that will take a supercomputer more than the age of universe, or over 13 billion years, to crack, Ajay Bhushan Pandey, the chief of UIDAI which runs the identification programme, told the Supreme Court today.
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Why Can't Centre Compel Citizens To Get Aadhaar, Asks Top Court: 10 Facts
Aadhaar is a "giant electronic mesh" and will turn the country "into a surveillance state," petitioners alleged today as five judges of the Supreme Court began final hearing on a batch of petitions that challenge the citizen identity programme, contending that it violates an individual's fundamental right to privacy. The petitions also argue agains...
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Supreme Court To Hear Petitions On Compulsory Aadhaar Linking Today: 10 Facts
Five judges of the Supreme Court will tomorrow start hearing a bunch of petitions that wants the court to stop the government from forcing people to link their Aadhaar number to access public services and benefits. The government had spelt out 31 December as the deadline for linking the 12-digit number to their bank accounts and other financial dea...
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Centre Said Court Ordered Aadhaar-Phone Linking. Top Court's Rejoinder
For more than a year, the centre has cited a Supreme Court ruling to order millions of mobile phone subscribers to link their phone connection with an Aadhaar number and many have complied. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court pulled out the ruling. It turned out that the Supreme Court had never ordered the government to link mobile phones with Aadhaar.
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"Is Everyone A Terrorist?" Supreme Court Judge Asks Why Link Cellphone To Aadhaar
The government's decision to use Aadhaar to reach benefits to the poor, curb money laundering and protect tax collections is understandable, the Supreme Court remarked on Thursday. But, the Supreme Court asked, could the government go on to make Aadhaar mandatory for every transaction. "There comes the problem," Justice DY Chandrachud observed, won...
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"Tomorrow May Say Give Blood Sample": Supreme Court Judge On Aadhaar Body Powers
The UIDAI, which runs the Aadhaar identification programme, has been given wide powers and could tomorrow ask people to give their blood samples too, a Supreme Court judge observed on Wednesday, expressing concern at the powers that the 2016 Aadhaar law had given to the UIDAI, or the Unique Identification Authority of India.
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Will Take Supercomputer "Age Of Universe" To Hack Into Data: Aadhaar Boss
Aadhaar data has been secured by a 2048-bit encryption key that will take a supercomputer more than the age of universe, or over 13 billion years, to crack, Ajay Bhushan Pandey, the chief of UIDAI which runs the identification programme, told the Supreme Court today.
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Why Can't Centre Compel Citizens To Get Aadhaar, Asks Top Court: 10 Facts
Aadhaar is a "giant electronic mesh" and will turn the country "into a surveillance state," petitioners alleged today as five judges of the Supreme Court began final hearing on a batch of petitions that challenge the citizen identity programme, contending that it violates an individual's fundamental right to privacy. The petitions also argue agains...
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Supreme Court To Hear Petitions On Compulsory Aadhaar Linking Today: 10 Facts
Five judges of the Supreme Court will tomorrow start hearing a bunch of petitions that wants the court to stop the government from forcing people to link their Aadhaar number to access public services and benefits. The government had spelt out 31 December as the deadline for linking the 12-digit number to their bank accounts and other financial dea...
