New Delhi: Troubles don’t seem to end for the UIDAI, Centre’s nodal agency which issues Aadhaar cards anytime soon.
In the latest twist, new petitioners have filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking permission to ‘opt out’ of the scheme.
The petitioners fear leakage of their personal information and
other details stored in Unique Identification Authority of India’s
database.
With this, Aadhaar cards come under more fire after a question has
already been raised against their constitutional validity in the past
six months.
The petitioners, Reetika Khera and Sahana Manjeshare are of the
view that biometric details (iris scan, finger print identification and
other details) of the people have been accumulated without a full proof
safeguard mechanism in place with the private contractors and NGOs,
hired by the UIDAI.
However, three-judge bench headed by Justice B.S. Chauhan is still
to pronounce its judgment on the plea filed by these petitioners.
On September 23, 2013, the SC had ruled that the Aadhaar card is
not obligatory for enjoying government schemes and subsidies for Indian
citizens.
Brushing aside the fears raised by the two petitioners the UIDAI
articulated that the department has a perfect system in place and in no
way risking personal details and privacy of the card holders.
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