New Delhi: The Supreme Court will conduct the final hearing on the implementation of the Aadhaar card on Tuesday. The Union government and oil companies have filed petitions and applications seeking a modification of the interim order that restrained the government from making Aadhaar mandatory. Though the court has till now stuck to its stand saying that the Aadhaar card is not mandatory.
Earlier, the Supreme Court had said that the Aadhaar card, being issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), was not mandatory for availing any government services and nobody should be deprived of any such facilities for want of the card. It had asked the Centre not to issue it to illegal immigrants as it would legitimise their stay.
The apex court had passed the earlier order while hearing a batch of pleas against the decisions of some states to make Aadhaar cards compulsory for a range of activities including salary, PF disbursals and marriage and property registrations. After this, the Centre had moved the court seeking modification of the order.
IOCL, BPCL and HPCL had also approached the court speaking about "serious doubts, confusion and uncertainty" in the minds of citizens who have already enrolled for Aadhaar card to avail Direct Benefit Transfer for Liquefied Petroleum Gas Consumers (DBTL) scheme to get subsidised LPG cylinders.
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