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Ration cards can be linked with Aadhar cards: Maha to HC

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Press Trust of India Mumbai

A division bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and K K Tated was hearing a public interest litigation filed by one Jayprakash Unecha two years back on the issue of bogus ration cards.

The court had on the last hearing directed the government to consider linking ration cards with Aadhar cards so as to weed out bogus and duplicate ration cards in the state.

Additional public prosecutor Aruna Kamat Pai today told the court that linking ration cards and Aadhar cards was possible and is under consideration of the state government.

"Since the data process entry of Aadhar cards is still on, it is possible to verify such entries with ration cards. But it is not possible to appoint a nodal agency to do so," she said.

 

Issuing notice to the additional solicitor general of India Kevic Setalvad for assistance in the case, the court adjourned the hearing till February 15.

  

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First Published: Jan 28 2013 | 8:05 PM IST

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