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The Supreme Court connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) sought effect of the Centre and States connected a plea alleging misuse of the Unique Identification Authority of India-issued Aadhaar cards arsenic impervious of citizenship, domicile and residential address, and seeking directions to restrict its usage strictly for individuality verification.
A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice V. Mohana issued notices to the Centre and each the States and UTs connected a plea filed by advocator Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay and tagged it with the pending akin matters.
The plea has sought directions to the Centre, States and the Election Commission of India to guarantee that Aadhaar is utilized arsenic a impervious of individuality and not arsenic a impervious of citizenship, domicile, code and day of birth.
The plea, filed done advocator Ashwani Dubey, besides sought directions that the usage of Aadhaar arsenic a impervious of day of commencement and residence successful the exertion signifier for caller elector registration beryllium considered against Section 9 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, Section 23(4) of the RPA, 1950 and Article 14 of the Constitution.
"Section 9 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016 expressly states that 'Aadhaar is not the grounds of citizenship oregon domicile'. The Unique Identification Authority of India notification dated August 22, 2023 intelligibly states that 'Aadhaar is impervious of identity, not of citizenship, code oregon day of birth'...
"Despite this, Aadhaar is not lone being utilized arsenic a impervious of age, citizenship and domicile for schoolhouse admission, spot acquisition and to get a commencement certificate, ration card, driving licence but besides being utilized successful the exertion signifier for caller elector registration (Form-6) arsenic a impervious of day of commencement and impervious of residence. And thus, infiltrators and amerciable immigrants are obtaining assorted documents utilizing Aadhaar," the plea said.
The petition contended that the existing verification mechanics nether Form-6 is inadequate and mightiness let individuals without due supporting documents to beryllium included successful the electoral database.
The plea sought a broad overhaul of the verification model utilized successful electoral processes and projected the constitution of a high-powered monitoring committee comprising a retired Supreme Court justice on with cybersecurity and forensic experts to oversee reforms.
