Aadhaar law will pass constitutional test: Arun Jaitley

The Aadhaar Act has enough safeguards to ensure data protection and will pass any constitutional test, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday.

His comments come in the backdrop of the Supreme Court examining legal challenges against making Aadhaar mandatory for government services and a number of other schemes, and also questions being raised about the Aadhaar law’s validity as a money Bill.

Speaking at an event on financial inclusion organised by the United Nations, the finance minister said Aadhaar was only evolving as an idea under the Manmohan Singh government, as it did not have legislative backing. “A legislation