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Aadhaar means unique: SC

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Sep 26 2018 | 11:10 AM IST

The Supreme Court Wednesday said Aadhaar means unique and it is better to be unique than being best.

The apex court made this observations while pronouncing of the verdict by a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra.

Justice A K Sikri was pronouncing the judgement on Aadhaar for himself, the CJI and Justice A M Khanwilkar.

The bench said attack on Aadhaar by petitioners is based on violation of rights under the Constitution, will lead to a surveillance State.

It said there has been minimal demographic and biometric data collected by UIDAI for Aadhaar enrolment.

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First Published: Sep 26 2018 | 11:10 AM IST

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