{"id":52215,"date":"2018-04-05T13:16:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T07:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=52215"},"modified":"2018-04-05T13:16:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T07:46:03","slug":"aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court","title":{"rendered":"Aadhaar scheme approved by experts: Centre tells Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhaar.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" data-attachment-id=\"52216\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court\/adhaar\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhaar.jpg?fit=400%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,250\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"adhaar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhaar.jpg?fit=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhaar.jpg?fit=400%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52216\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhaar.jpg?resize=300%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhaar.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhaar.jpg?resize=150%2C94&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhaar.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Centre today told the Supreme Court that its Aadhaar scheme has been approved by experts and was not open to judicial review as it was a policy decision.<\/p>\n<p>The government told a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra which is examining the validity of Aadhaar scheme and its enabling 2016 law that in a digital era, Aadhaar is the best way to prevent &#8220;money laundering and deliver subsidies and benefits&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The policy decisions of the government approved by experts are not subject to judicial review,&#8221; Attorney General K K Venugopal told the bench which also comprised justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan.<\/p>\n<p>Venugopal, in his day-long arguments, also referred to various reports including that of World Bank and said that they acknowledged that India has taken a step to give an identity to the &#8220;poorest of poor&#8221;, which would finally help in achieving the task of financial inclusion of all.<\/p>\n<p>The top law officer said that that the development will slow down if there was judicial review of every state action and &#8220;courts should not interfere in matters of technical expertise&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The only duty of the court is to expound the language of the law and it may not decide whether a particular policy decision is fair or not, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench asked Venugopal that the people, opposed to the scheme, say that it violated the doctrine of proportionality.<\/p>\n<p>The Aadhaar scheme satisfies the test of proportionality by showing a rational nexus between the means and the goal, he said, adding that all subsidies were part of right to life with dignity and would prevail over the right to privacy.<\/p>\n<p>The State has a legitimate state interest in rolling out Aadhaar, he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the issue of 16-digit virtual Aadhaar ID, Venugopal said that it is an excellent safety measure.<\/p>\n<p>Is it the onus on the individual to generate and get a virtual ID, the bench then asked.<\/p>\n<p>As Venugopal replied in affirmative, the bench asked as to whether 1.2 billion citizens can do it and said the Aadhaar may pass the test of &#8220;legitimate State interest&#8221;, but the doctrine of proportionality has to be satisfied.<\/p>\n<p>The bench said &#8220;biological attributes&#8221; are open ended and the authorities may expand and include some more biometric features in the Aadhaar scheme in future and asked whether it would not amount to &#8220;excessive delegation of powers&#8221; by Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Blood, urine, DNA may be added, but that will be be subject to examination by the courts, just like right now the court is examining whether collection of fingerprints and Iris scans are a violation of privacy, Venugopal said.<\/p>\n<p>The power of UIDAI to decide what is &#8216;biological attributes&#8221; and the method of collecting it has to meet the test of proportionality, the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>Venugopal said that Aadhaar has helped in curbing the leakages in the disbursal of benefits under welfare schemes.<\/p>\n<p>The legitimate State interest runs through the entire Aadhaar Act and it has helped in dissipation of subsides, prevention of black money and money laundering by linking it with bank accounts, he said.<\/p>\n<p>He referred to several judgements of the American Supreme Court which have upheld the fingerprint imaging for social security card.<\/p>\n<p>However, the bench observed that the position taken by the European courts including by the German court was diametrically different to the position taken by US courts.<\/p>\n<p>Would it be better not to refer to foreign court judgements as they may cause confusion, the bench asked.<\/p>\n<p>The advancing of arguments remained inconclusive and would continue tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Centre had said that the Aadhaar Act was a &#8220;fair and reasonable law&#8221; which complied with the tests prescribed by the historic verdict on the right to privacy.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court had refused to pass an interim order extending the deadline of March 31 for linking of Aadhaar with the welfare schemes where benefits are transferred to citizens from the Consolidated Fund of India.<\/p>\n<p>The bench is hearing on clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar and its enabling 2016 law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centre today told the Supreme Court that its Aadhaar scheme has been approved by experts and was not open to judicial review as it was a policy decision. The government told a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra which is examining the validity of Aadhaar scheme and its enabling 2016 law [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[39982,2247,47726,42212],"class_list":["post-52215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-aadhaar-scheme","tag-chief-justice-dipak-misra","tag-supreme-court","tag-us-courts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aadhaar scheme approved by experts: Centre tells Supreme Court - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Centre today told the Supreme Court that its Aadhaar scheme has been approved by experts and was not open to judicial review as it was a policy - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aadhaar scheme approved by experts: Centre tells Supreme Court - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Centre today told the Supreme Court that its Aadhaar scheme has been approved by experts and was not open to judicial review as it was a policy - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-04-05T07:46:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhaar.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"Aadhaar scheme approved by experts: Centre tells Supreme Court\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-05T07:46:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court\"},\"wordCount\":689,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/adhaar.jpg?fit=400%2C250&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Aadhaar scheme\",\"Chief Justice Dipak Misra\",\"Supreme Court\",\"US courts\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Top Law News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court\",\"name\":\"Aadhaar scheme approved by experts: Centre tells Supreme Court - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/adhaar.jpg?fit=400%2C250&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-05T07:46:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Centre today told the Supreme Court that its Aadhaar scheme has been approved by experts and was not open to judicial review as it was a policy - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/adhaar.jpg?fit=400%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/adhaar.jpg?fit=400%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":400,\"height\":250},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Top Law News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/top-law-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Aadhaar scheme approved by experts: Centre tells Supreme Court\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Aadhaar scheme approved by experts: Centre tells Supreme Court - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","description":"The Centre today told the Supreme Court that its Aadhaar scheme has been approved by experts and was not open to judicial review as it was a policy - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Aadhaar scheme approved by experts: Centre tells Supreme Court - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","og_description":"The Centre today told the Supreme Court that its Aadhaar scheme has been approved by experts and was not open to judicial review as it was a policy - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2018-04-05T07:46:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":250,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhaar.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"Aadhaar scheme approved by experts: Centre tells Supreme Court","datePublished":"2018-04-05T07:46:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court"},"wordCount":689,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhaar.jpg?fit=400%2C250&ssl=1","keywords":["Aadhaar scheme","Chief Justice Dipak Misra","Supreme Court","US courts"],"articleSection":["Top Law News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court","name":"Aadhaar scheme approved by experts: Centre tells Supreme Court - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhaar.jpg?fit=400%2C250&ssl=1","datePublished":"2018-04-05T07:46:03+00:00","description":"The Centre today told the Supreme Court that its Aadhaar scheme has been approved by experts and was not open to judicial review as it was a policy - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhaar.jpg?fit=400%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhaar.jpg?fit=400%2C250&ssl=1","width":400,"height":250},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-scheme-approved-experts-centre-tells-supreme-court#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Top Law News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Aadhaar scheme approved by experts: Centre tells Supreme Court"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhaar.jpg?fit=400%2C250&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52008,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/centre-seeks-supreme-courts-permission-powerpoint-presentation-aadhaar","url_meta":{"origin":52215,"position":0},"title":"Centre seeks Supreme Court&#8217;s permission for PowerPoint presentation on Aadhaar","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"March 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Centre today sought the Supreme Court's permission to allow the CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for a PowerPoint presentation on Aadhaar scheme in the court to allay concerns. Chief Justice Dipak Misra, hearing a number of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar and its\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Aadhaar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":53881,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uidais-proposal-to-hire-social-media-agency-is-against-its-submissions-says-supreme-court","url_meta":{"origin":52215,"position":1},"title":"UIDAI\u2019s proposal to hire social media agency is against its submissions, says Supreme Court","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"September 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court\u00a0 said the proposal of the Unique Identification Authority of India to hire an agency\u00a0 to monitor various social media platforms and monitor such platforms was contrary to its earlier submissions. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud\u00a0 asked\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/hammer1.jpg?fit=759%2C422&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/hammer1.jpg?fit=759%2C422&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/hammer1.jpg?fit=759%2C422&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/hammer1.jpg?fit=759%2C422&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54138,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-is-constitutionally-valid-declares-supreme-court","url_meta":{"origin":52215,"position":2},"title":"Aadhaar is Constitutionally valid, Declares Supreme Court","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"September 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"NEW DELHI:\u00a0Pronouncing its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar scheme and its enabling 2016 law,\u00a0\u00a0the Supreme Court on Wednesday declared the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme as Constitutionally valid. Reading out the first of the three judgements, Justice A K Sikri said that there is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/aaddd-23-1533321180-1537882725.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/aaddd-23-1533321180-1537882725.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/aaddd-23-1533321180-1537882725.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/aaddd-23-1533321180-1537882725.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":52179,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-law-just-fair-reasonable-centre-sc","url_meta":{"origin":52215,"position":3},"title":"Aadhaar law is just, fair &#038; reasonable: Centre to SC","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"April 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Centre today justified the Aadhaar Act in the Supreme Court, saying it was a \"fair and reasonable law\" which complied with the tests prescribed by the historic verdict on the right to privacy. A nine-judge constitution bench, on August 24 last year, had declared the right to privacy as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/adhar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":50803,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/centre-willing-extend-deadline-mandatory-linking-aadhar","url_meta":{"origin":52215,"position":4},"title":"Centre willing to extend deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhar","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"December 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Centre today informed the Supreme Court that it was willing to extend till March 31 next year the deadline fixed for mandatory linking of Aadhaar for availing various services and welfare schemes. The Supreme Court now will be setting up a five-judge Constitution Bench next week to hear several\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;High Profile Cases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"High Profile Cases","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/high-profile-cases"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/aadhar-card.jpg?fit=820%2C460&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/aadhar-card.jpg?fit=820%2C460&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/aadhar-card.jpg?fit=820%2C460&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/aadhar-card.jpg?fit=820%2C460&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50904,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-pronounce-order-mandatory-linking-aadhaar-tomorrow","url_meta":{"origin":52215,"position":5},"title":"SC to pronounce order on mandatory linking of Aadhaar tomorrow","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"December 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court today reserved its interim order for tomorrow on a batch of pleas seeking a stay on the government's decision of mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various welfare schemes, as the Centre extended the deadline up to March 31 next year. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/aadhar-card.jpg?fit=820%2C460&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/aadhar-card.jpg?fit=820%2C460&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/aadhar-card.jpg?fit=820%2C460&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/aadhar-card.jpg?fit=820%2C460&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-dAb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}