Indeed, it was the Aadhaar case that required clarity on the right to privacy in the first place. The apex court delivered an interim order in March and a full one in September.
While the court upheld the validity of the Aadhaar Act, albeit by a four-to-one majority, it severely restricted the parameters for its use. Thus, starkly in contrast to the coercive annoyance that Aadhaar had become over the years — with it becoming a pre-condition for everything from mobile services to banking to health care to monthly food rations — its use has now become voluntary.
But the court ruled that Aadhaar will continue to be mandatory for state-sponsored welfare schemes and will need to be linked to the permanent account numbers for income tax purposes.
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