The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre’s response on a plea challenging the mandatory linking of mobile phones with Aadhaar.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre’s response on a plea challenging the mandatory linking of mobile phones with Aadhaar. A bench of Justice AK Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan gave the Centre four-weeks time to respond. [caption id=“attachment_3867587” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]![Representational image. News18]()
Representational image. News18[/caption] The court also gave time to the West Bengal government to amend it’s petition questioning the linking of Aadhaar for giving of subsidy by the state’s Labour Department.
It observed : “how can the state government challenge a law passed by the Centre?” The court said West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee could challenge the Aadhaar law as an “individual” and a “citizen”. However, it also observed that “this way Centre would start challenging the laws passed by the States”. Click here to follow LIVE updates
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