SC seeks govt's reply on framework for Aadhaar linking of social media a/cs

Observing that the issue of linking Aadhaar number to social media profiles needs to be decided at the earliest, a two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court (SC) comprising of Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose on Friday asked the central government if they were in the process of formulating any laws, rules or guidelines about the same. The case will be next heard on September 24.

The apex court was hearing a transfer petition moved by Facebook. The US-based social media company has approached the apex court seeking claiming that it was difficult for the company to keep defending