{"id":54173,"date":"2018-09-27T11:31:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T06:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54173"},"modified":"2018-09-27T11:31:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T06:01:35","slug":"aadhaar-has-become-a-symbol-of-digital-economy-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-has-become-a-symbol-of-digital-economy-sc","title":{"rendered":"Aadhaar has become a symbol of digital economy: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-attachment-id=\"54174\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aadhaar-has-become-a-symbol-of-digital-economy-sc\/uidai\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/uidai.jpg?fit=660%2C440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"660,440\" 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=\"uidai\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/uidai.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/uidai.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/uidai.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/uidai.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/uidai.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI:\u00a0Aadhaar is constitutionally fair and gives \u201cdignity to the marginalised but it\u00a0would not lead a person to its dictionary meaning\u00a0 everyone would associate it with the card used to identify an individual that has now virtually become a symbol of a digital economy, the Supreme Court said,\u00a0\u00a0allowing the government to mandate the unique identity number to access subsidies and welfare schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court ordered that the government could not make the Aadhaar number a condition for operating bank accounts, mobile phones and school or college admissions.\u00a0It is better to be unique than the best. 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