{"id":18126,"date":"2018-01-11T05:03:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T05:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=18126"},"modified":"2018-01-11T05:03:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T05:03:19","slug":"if-no-aadhaar-does-person-not-exist-for-government-asks-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/if-no-aadhaar-does-person-not-exist-for-government-asks-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"If No Aadhaar, Does Person Not Exist For Government, Asks Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: To the questions swirling around the Aadhaar or national identity cards, the Supreme Court today added a new one &#8212; if a homeless person doesn&#8217;t have it, will he not exist for the government?<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- punjabnews24 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6565419310935097\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6948863062\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe court made the comments while hearing a case related not to the biometric identification system, but to night-shelters for homeless people across the country in the deepening winter chill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How can a homeless person get an Aadhaar card? If he doesn&#8217;t have an Aadhaar card, he doesn&#8217;t exist in the eyes of the government?&#8221; the judges questioned.<\/p>\n<p>This was when a lawyer representing the Uttar Pradesh government remarked that &#8220;some sort of identification like an Aadhaar&#8221; can be used while admitting people into the shelters.<\/p>\n<p>There are &#8220;other cards like the voter ID&#8221;, the lawyer replied, and received another tart reminder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To get a voter I-card you need address proof. Where will one get address proof if he is homeless?&#8221; the court asked.<\/p>\n<p>The court wanted to know how many people have Aadhaar in the country.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- punjabnews24 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6565419310935097\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6948863062\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nSenior lawyer Prashant Bhushan, appearing in the case, said &#8220;90 crore people&#8221; had the cards that the government says must be linked to bank accounts, welfare schemes and mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange on Aadhaar comes at a time the court is hearing a petition challenging the validity of Aadhaar and the government is facing questions on data security after a journalist with The Tribune newspaper reported that she could access personal details of over a billion citizens for just Rs 500, paid through a digital wallet.<\/p>\n<p>A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court will begin final hearing from 17 January on the validity of Aadhaar.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- punjabnews24 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6565419310935097\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6948863062\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nUIDAI, the agency that oversees the world&#8217;s largest biometric database, has issued new rules to address privacy concerns.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: To the questions swirling around the Aadhaar or national identity cards, the Supreme Court today added a new one &#8212; if a homeless person doesn&#8217;t have it, will he not exist for the government? 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