Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 880 · Decided 26 September 2018
Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (RETD.) v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 880 · [2018] 8 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 494/2012
- Decided
- 26 September 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, A.K. SIKRI, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR, ASHOK BHUSHAN (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016: s.7 - Whether the Aadhaar Act violates right to privacy and ground and whether invasion into right to privacy meets the three fold test as laid down in Puttaswamy case - Held: Enrolment in Aadhaar assumes the character of compulsory enrolment for those who want to avail the benefits under s.7 - Likewise, authentication, as mentioned in s.8,
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