Supreme Court Orders Aadhaar Card Should Not Be Mandatory

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Supreme Court today said that UIDAI, Unique Identification Authority of India cannot share its data with other agencies. The court said that Aadhaar could not be mandatory for public services and any order thing that Aadhaar is mandatory must be withdrawn.

Justice B.S. Chauhan heading the bench said "I received a lot of letters will say the Aadhaar card is mandatory despite the court orders." One letter said a man's marriage was not registered because he didn't have an Aadhaar card. The court said, "we have already passed orders saying 'no one should suffer for not having and an Aadhaar card.'"

Previously, the government and oil companies had filed petitions and applications seeking a modification of the Supreme Court's interim order on Aadhaar card being made compulsory for availing social benefits particularly gas cylinder subsidies.