Withdraw Aadhaar orders: SC to govt

Withdraw  Aadhaar  orders: SC to govt
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Withdraw Aadhaar orders: SC to govt, Aadhaar card for citizens, Government services. The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to immediately withdraw the instruction, if any, issued by it for making Aadhaar card mandatory for citizens to avail .

  • Aadhaar should not be mandatory to avail of government services
  • Biometric or any other data should not be shared
  • Order issued by the Goa bench of Bombay HC stayed

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to immediately withdraw the instruction, if any, issued by it for making Aadhaar card mandatory for citizens to avail .

"If there are any instructions that Aadhaar is mandatory, it should be withdrawn immediately" a bench of justices B S Chauhan and J Chelameswar said, while staying the order of the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court directing sharing of data collected for issuing Aadhaar card to citizens with CBI for solving a rape case.

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