SC reserves judgment on pleas challenging Aadhaar
SC reserves judgment on pleas challenging Aadhaar
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar.
A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed all the parties concerned to file their written submissions to put forth their case.
The Constitution Bench also comprised Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan.
Amid arguments, the Centre had strongly defended its decision to seed Aadhaar numbers with mobile phones, telling the top court that it could have been hauled up for contempt if the verification of mobile users was not undertaken by it.
However, the court had said that the government had misinterpreted its order and used it as a “tool” to make Aadhaar mandatory for mobile users.
-PTC News
