order making it mandatory for scholarship schemes. The Centre was caught red-handed defying a Supreme Court order directing that no citizen will be denied benefits under a government scheme for want of an Aadhaar card. Goel discovered that the Centre had been insisting that students submit their Aadhaar number for applying for government scholarship schemes. On October 15, 2015, a Constitution Bench led by then Chief Justice of India H.L. The Constitution Bench had directed that the voluntary nature of Aadhaar would continue now.

Source: The Hindu September 25, 2016 20:36 UTC