Business Standard

Aadhaar Act: Here's a primer on where you need to furnish your biometrics

SC has placed a number of restrictions on how who can demand Aadhaar and what services or schemes it can be used for

Govt to sort out Aadhaar glitches
Premium

Anuj Srivas | The Wire
The long-awaited Supreme Court judgement on the constitutional validity of Aadhaar is finally out.

While the five-judge bench, in the three-judge majority opinion, has effectively upheld both the unique identification project and the Aadhaar Act 2016, it has placed a number of restrictions on how who can demand Aadhaar and what services or schemes it can be used for.

While the full verdict is yet to be placed in the public domain – which would provide a more detailed reasoning on the validity of Aadhaar for each service – here’s a quick primer on where you will be required to furnish your

What you get on BS Premium?

  • Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
  • Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
  • Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
  • Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
  • Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.
VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in