SC raps Modi govt for making Aadhaar mandatory for filing I-T returns

'Is making Aadhaar by force the only way to tackle fraud?', says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday asked Attorney General (AG) Mukul Rohatgi to justify making Aadhaar mandatory for filing Income Tax returns as it is a complete violation of the court's previous order. "Is making Aadhaar by force the only way to tackle fraud?" a furious Supreme Court asked the central government. 

The apex court debated the legality of a centralized biometric-based database of India’s 1.2 billion citizens. To this, Mukul Rohatgi responded that the central government's only option was to make Aadhaar mandatory to end the black money menace. 

"We found a number of pan cards being used to divert