Why Justice Chandrachud ruled Aadhaar unconstitutional: 10 points

In a majority verdict, the Supreme Court today declared the Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declared Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid in a majority verdict pronounced by Justice A K Sikri who wrote the judgement for himself, CJI and Justice A M Khanwilkar.

However, the other two judges of the five-judge bench wrote their individual judgements.

Dissenting from the majority, Justice Chandrachud observed that the Aadhaar Act in current form cannot be held constitutional.

"Bypassing the Rajya Sabha to pass the Aadhaar Act amounted to subterfuge and the law was liable to be struck down as being violative of Article 110 of the Constitution," Justice Chandrachud ruled.

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