Highlights 1 The court query came even as for the second successive day, the central government defended inserting Section 139AA mandating linking of Aadhaar number to the permanent account number (PAN) for the purpose of filing income tax returns. 2 Defending the linking of Aadhaar with PAN, counsel Arghya Sengupta told the court that biometric was the best system for person's identification at present and it is what PAN was earlier. The Supreme Court has questioned whether a tax payer can file the income tax returns the way he liked, and not through the mechanism set up by the government. The court query came even as for the second successive day, the central government defended inserting Section 139AA mandating linking of Aadhaar number to the permanent account number (PAN) for the purpose of filing income tax returns. Defending the linking of Aadhaar with PAN, counsel Arghya Sengupta told the court that biometric was the best system for person's identification at present and it is what PAN was earlier.

Source: India Today May 04, 2017 03:46 UTC