Aadhar Validity

The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had accepted an Aadhaar card for determining the age of a road accident victim to grant compensation.

Aadhar Card will no longer be acceptable as proof of date of birth by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).

The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Monday its verdict on pleas seeking review of a verdict upholding the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid but striking down some of its provisions, including its linking with bank accounts, mobile phones and school admissions.

Karanvir Bohra didn't know his Aadhar card couldn't be used as ID proof while flying to Nepal

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the centre on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the amendments made in the law allowing private entities to use the Aadhaar data for voluntary authentication of customers.

The Congress on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to strike down Section 57 of the Aadhaar act which allowed private parties to access Aadhaar data.

No more worries about losing your identity proofs while travelling by train. Railways have now said that they will accept soft copies of Aadhar and driving licence provided they are in your DigiLocker, a digital storage service operated by the government that enables Indian citizens to store certain official documents on cloud.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi today attacked the NDA government over the Aadhaar scheme, dubbing it as a compulsory weapon to "disempower" citizens.

Amid the ongoing rift between the chief justice and four seniormost judges over assignment of cases, the Supreme Court's five-judge constitution benches will commence the hearing on eight critical matters, including the one related to the validity of Aadhaar, from January 17.

To the questions swirling around the Aadhaar or national identity cards, the Supreme Court today added a new one -- if a homeless person doesn't have it, will he not exist for the government?

The deadline for linking Aadhar with mobile phones, bank accounts and government welfare scheme is now March 31, the Supreme Court today ordered, accepting the centre's suggestion.

A landmark Supreme Court judgment today which declared that privacy is a fundamental right of all Indians, has also brought cheer to the gay and LGBT communities. The court indicated that right to privacy is valid even in the context of Section 377 --- a law that criminalises what was once seen as unnatural sex. Right of privacy cannot be denied "e...

Can the income tax department cancel PAN cards and prevent people from filing their income-tax returns from 1 July if they do not produce an Aadhaar number? Today, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court will rule on a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the controversial amendment to the income tax law that forces people t...

The Supreme Court today refused to expedite the hearing of Aadhar cases challenging the constitutional validity of the scheme but observed that data collection by private agencies is not a good idea.

The Election Commission (EC) has decided to accept PAN card, driving license and Aadhar letter as valid documents of proof of date of birth, which can be submitted by an applicant for registration as an elector, an official said on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had accepted an Aadhaar card for determining the age of a road accident victim to grant compensation.

Aadhar Card will no longer be acceptable as proof of date of birth by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).

The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Monday its verdict on pleas seeking review of a verdict upholding the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid but striking down some of its provisions, including its linking with bank accounts, mobile phones and school admissions.

Karanvir Bohra didn't know his Aadhar card couldn't be used as ID proof while flying to Nepal

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the centre on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the amendments made in the law allowing private entities to use the Aadhaar data for voluntary authentication of customers.

The Congress on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to strike down Section 57 of the Aadhaar act which allowed private parties to access Aadhaar data.

No more worries about losing your identity proofs while travelling by train. Railways have now said that they will accept soft copies of Aadhar and driving licence provided they are in your DigiLocker, a digital storage service operated by the government that enables Indian citizens to store certain official documents on cloud.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi today attacked the NDA government over the Aadhaar scheme, dubbing it as a compulsory weapon to "disempower" citizens.

Amid the ongoing rift between the chief justice and four seniormost judges over assignment of cases, the Supreme Court's five-judge constitution benches will commence the hearing on eight critical matters, including the one related to the validity of Aadhaar, from January 17.

To the questions swirling around the Aadhaar or national identity cards, the Supreme Court today added a new one -- if a homeless person doesn't have it, will he not exist for the government?

The deadline for linking Aadhar with mobile phones, bank accounts and government welfare scheme is now March 31, the Supreme Court today ordered, accepting the centre's suggestion.

A landmark Supreme Court judgment today which declared that privacy is a fundamental right of all Indians, has also brought cheer to the gay and LGBT communities. The court indicated that right to privacy is valid even in the context of Section 377 --- a law that criminalises what was once seen as unnatural sex. Right of privacy cannot be denied "e...

Can the income tax department cancel PAN cards and prevent people from filing their income-tax returns from 1 July if they do not produce an Aadhaar number? Today, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court will rule on a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the controversial amendment to the income tax law that forces people t...

The Supreme Court today refused to expedite the hearing of Aadhar cases challenging the constitutional validity of the scheme but observed that data collection by private agencies is not a good idea.

The Election Commission (EC) has decided to accept PAN card, driving license and Aadhar letter as valid documents of proof of date of birth, which can be submitted by an applicant for registration as an elector, an official said on Wednesday.