The Supreme Court virtually asked the Centre today what the activists had been posing to the government for some time now: Is Aadhaar Act valid? The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on four petitions challenging constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act passed by Parliament last year. The petitioners have challenged the Centre's move to make Aadhaar number mandatory for availing benefits of various schemes and programmes. The Supreme Court may examine if the Aadhaar Act met the criteria to be declared as money bill by the Speaker. LINKING OF AADHAAR WITH OTHER DOCUMENTSApart from the Aadhaar Act, the NDA government also got the Finance Act, 2016 passed by Parliament.

Source: India Today November 03, 2017 14:37 UTC