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Supreme Court to Hear Petition Seeking Restricted Aadhaar Issuance to Children to Curb Misuse

Supreme Court to Hear Petition Seeking Restricted Aadhaar Issuance to Children to Curb Misuse

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): The Supreme Court of India is scheduled to hear a Public Interest Litigation on Monday that seeks to fundamentally alter the issuance of Aadhaar numbers to prevent potential misuse by illegal infiltrators. The petition, filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, is listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi on May 4. The petitioner has requested the court to direct the Unique Identification Authority of India to restrict the issuance of new Aadhaar numbers primarily to children up to the age of six years, while implementing significantly more stringent guidelines…
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