A bench of Justices S Ok Kaul and Abhay S Oka tagged the petition filed by former Main Common S G Vombatkere with an identical pending matter
New Delhi: The Supreme Courtroom on Monday agreed to look at a plea difficult the Centre’s determination that allows linking electoral roll information with the Aadhaar ecosystem.
A bench of Justices S Ok Kaul and Abhay S Oka tagged the petition filed by former Main Common S G Vombatkere with an identical pending matter.
“Petitioner has drawn consideration to 2019 Aadhaar judgment to contend that provided that some profit is sought to be conferred then Aadhaar could be necessary however to not deny rights, and the suitable to vote is the best of such rights.
“Two different petitions have additionally been filed by him and there could also be some overlapping. Thus, this requires tagging. Tag this petition with that matter,” the bench stated.
Senior advocate Shyam Divan, showing for the petitioner, submitted that proper to vote is likely one of the most sacred rights and it shouldn’t be denied if a person lacks Aadhaar.
The Centre had earlier amended the Registration of Electors Guidelines to permit linking Aadhaar particulars with a voters listing to weed out duplicate entries and make election legislation gender impartial for service voters.
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