Obtaining Aadhar card optional, not mandatory: Centre tells SC
Obtaining Aadhar card optional, not mandatory: Centre tells SC The Centre today told the Supreme Court that securing Aadhar cards, being issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), was optional and it has not made it mandatory for the citizens. The apex court, hearing a batch of pleas against decisions of some states to make Aadhar cards compulsory for a range of activities including salary, PF disbursals and marriage and property registrations, asked the Centre not to issue it to illegal immigrants as it would legitimise their stay. The counsel for UIDAI and Centre responded to the pleas of petitioners, saying, "So far as the Union of India is concerned, we have said the Aadhar card is voluntary." During the brief hearing, the bench of justices B S Chauhan and S A Bobde was told that despite the fact that the Aadhar card is "voluntary" in nature, an order has been issued by the Registrar of the Bombay High Court in pursuance of an order of the ...