Delinking of Aadhaar an Interim Measure: Centre Tells SC
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The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the delinking of Aadhaar as a sole identity proof for getting a SIM card was an interim measure. It will continue to be in place till the pronouncement of the verdict by the apex court on petitions challenging the validity of the Aadhaar Act.
Attorney General K.K. Venugopal was responding to a five judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra after he was asked about reports of Aadhaar not being the sole identity proof for getting a SIM card.
Venugopal told the bench that besides Aadhaar, other identity proof, such as driving license, passports, and voter id card, have been included as an interim arrangement in pursuance to the court's earlier order and this would remain so till the judgment was pronounced. This will finally provide the Telecom subscribers some relief from the telcos that keep nagging about linking the Aadhaar number with their SIM cards.
The Attorney General referred to Page-two of the government order which says that delinking with Aadhaar was interim measure till the verdict.
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