Supreme Court has issued notice for answering
to those 11 states which have made Aadhar Card mandatory for availing benefits
of various government schemes and services. Under this, Aadhar card has been
made compulsory from receiving salaries to admission in schools and colleges, marriage
registration and LPG gas connection etc. Bench headed by Justice BS Chauhan has
asked answers from states to tell the nature of Aadhaar and if it has been
linked to above services? Supreme Court has declared 10th December
as the next hearing date for this issue. Aadhar card has been made mandatory
for various schemes in Maharashtra, Delhi, Karnataka and other states.
Advocate Anil Deewan on behalf of the
petitioner said that collecting personal information by the government is a
violation of right to privacy of common man. Aadhaar scheme is totally a breach
of fundamental rights. This is a violation of Article-14 (Right to Equality)
and Article-21 (Right to Life and Liberty) of the Constitution of India. Government
says that Aadhaar is voluntary but this is not happening. It is being made
mandatory for various schemes and services by the state governments. Maharashtra
Government recently said that if the concerned party does not have Aadhar card
then the marriage will not be registered. During hearing Supreme Court said
petitioner’s lawyer that during the argument it should be noticed that what is
the reality. The harsh truth of this country is that food and water is more
important than right to privacy of majority of the people. Will those people
who fight for Rs. 1 and 2 for rice will talk about privacy? As far as children’s
dissent is concerned, here marriages are done with parents’ wish. It will not
affect all the clauses.
Supreme Court’s this comment came at that
time when Mr. Deewan argued that private date of people is reaching to private sector.
People’s privacy is being affected, the data which is being collected, there is
no monitoring over it. Before this Supreme Court refused to amend that decision
in which it said that Aadhar card cannot be made compulsory government schemes.
A retired Justice of Supreme Court filed a PIL challenging validity of Aadhar
card.
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