UIDAI project Aadhaar card is voluntary not compulsory for Indian Controversy

Aadhaar card (UIDAI project) is voluntary not compulsory for Indian citizen with identity proof

Indian apex court clears the air on Unique Identification Authority of India issued Aadhaar card choice for Indian citizen. According to Supreme court judgement on a public-interest litigation (PIL) on Monday, 23rd September 2013 Aadhar card cannot be issued to illegal immigrants.

Aadhaar card is voluntary but not compulsoty for Indians. People with other government issued identity proofs like Passport, Driving License, Voter Id Card are as good as with Aadhaar card. State governments or Central governments cannot make Aadhaar card compulsory before providing compulsory services.

Justice KS Puttswami (retired judge from Karnataka High Court) filed PIL against the complusory status of Aadhar card claiming it is complete infraction of fundal\mental rights under section 14 (right to equality) and 21 (right to life and liberty) of Indian constitution.

The UIDAI project Aadhaar card cost estimates are around Rs 50000 Crores. A severe controversy broke out over the validity of Aadhaar card when some state governments implemented it in their ruling state as complusory to avail benefits from the government.  

Supreme court judgement is severe blow for agencies which are involved in multi million Rupees project to issue the card to every citizen of India for their unique biometric identifications. 

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