Today, two years ago, on September 26, 2018, the Supreme Court of India passed the landmark judgement that decided the fate of the #Aadhaar project in India.
Link: indiankanoon.org/doc/116396036/
The focus of the judgement was on the constitutionality of the provisions of the #Aadhaar Act.
Link: indiacode.nic.in/handle/1234567…
The Court’s failure to find the #Aadhaar project unconstitutional was widely criticised for not addressing the problems of social exclusion and destruction fundamental rights.
Link: epw.in/engage/article…
The failure of the Supreme Court to take into account affidavits submitted by the poor, the disabled & the elderly describing the hardships they face because of #Aadhaar is a travesty of justice. scroll.in/article/896374…
A summary of the critiques and an account of the stunning dissent can be found here #Aadhaar #AadhaarHelpCentre indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2018/10/05/the…
Two years later, the project lives on, a living, breathing obstacle to basic rights of people. Citizens, however, have refused to give in and continue to challenge the scheme. #Aadhaar
The following is a #thread list of some of the many ongoing litigations against the #Aadhaar project. While some have been disposed off, others are in the process of being heard
A petitioner has challenged the arbitrary deletion of names from PDS lists in the Telangana High Court. The Telangana High Court has issued notice #Aadhaar caravanmagazine.in/government/can…
Challenge to the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar for registering a partnership firm.
indiankanoon.org/doc/188566837/ While issuing notice, Court said - respondents shall not insist upon the petitioner to provide Aadhaar number for registration of the partnership application
Challenge to the deletion of voters that had been attributed to the linking of #Aadhaar with voter IDs back in 2015.
Link: hindustantimes.com/analysis/the-e…
Link: casemine.com/judgement/in/5…
Petition been filed by Uttaranchal Ayurvedic College via attorney Amit Sahni, challenging the mandatory implementation of Aadhaar-enabled geo-location-enabled biometric attendance system.
Link: medianama.com/2019/03/223-de…
The Ministry of Home Affairs notification that makes Aadhaar mandatory for FCRA purposes was challenged by the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust. Link: livelaw.in/delhi-hc-allow…
A petition was filed in the High Court of Madras against the mandatory linking of the Aadhaar ID to the Universal Account Number in order to avail one’s pension and provident fund.
Link: thewire.in/rights/petitio…
In Rojer Mathew v South Indian Bank & Ors., the Supreme Court questioned the use of the money bill for the passage of the Aadhaar act. This could have an impact on the review petitions pending in the Supreme Court. Link: sci.gov.in/pdf/JUD_4.pdf
We will shortly be sending out our email update. In the meantime - Do you know of any pending #Aadhaar litigations in India? Add to the tracker by filling up this form. Rethink Aadhaar is a voluntary effort, to get involved email contact@rethinkaadhaar.in docs.google.com/forms/d/1kQUCe…
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