NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court verdict declaring privacy as a fundamental right will not put an end to Aadhaar since all the current usage of the unique identity number falls under the reasonable restrictions which have been outlined in the judgement. The current uses of Aadhaar fall in this category,” said Pandey.He added that use of Aadhaar in subsidy schemes are for prevention of dissipation of social welfare benefits. Linkage of Aadhaar with income tax returns, bank accounts and other things such as SIM cards etc is for ensuring fraud, impersonation, black money, tax evasion , do not take place. “Aadhaar Act is based on the premise that privacy is a fundamental right, and it has therefore a full chapter on privacy protection which has detailed provisions on how privacy of those who are using Aadhaar, is protected. In any case, this matter will be heard by the bench of the Supreme Court and final judgement will come at that time,” said Pandey.

Source: Economic Times August 26, 2017 02:03 UTC