Supreme Court verdict on constitutional validity of Aadhaar today

The Supreme Court will on Wednesday pronounce its judgment in the petitions against Aadhaar. The five-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, is expected to determine the constitutional validity of Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016. 

The hearing in the case started in January and went on till May, the second longest in the Supreme Court’s history. The bench is expected to decide on a number of petitions challenging the validity of the Aadhaar project, which were tagged together in this matter. Among these are issues such as the right of the