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Rewind 2018: The landmark Aadhaar verdict by the five-judge SC bench

SC 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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Udit Misra
After a nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in 2017 that the right to privacy was indeed a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution, all eyes were on the five-judge Bench of the apex court adjudicating on not only the legal validity of Aadhaar but also its usage.
 
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,

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