As per news published by India Today, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the government to explain why the Aadhaar card is still being treated as mandatory for availing any service.
"If there are any instructions that Aadhaar is mandatory, it should be withdrawn immediately" a bench of justices B S Chauhan and J Chelameswar said while staying the order of the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court directing sharing of data collected for issuing Aadhaar card to citizens with CBI for solving a rape case.
The apex court has also directed the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) not to share any information pertaining to an Aadhaar card holder with any government agency.
[Source: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/]
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