Supreme Court to hear on May 4 PIL seeking stringent guidelines for issuing Aadhaar to adolescents, adults

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The plea said the alleged misuse of Aadhaar undermines targeted payment   transportation  and leads to diversion of nationalist   resources.

The plea said the alleged misuse of Aadhaar undermines targeted payment transportation and leads to diversion of nationalist resources. | Photo Credit: The Hindu

The Supreme Court is scheduled to perceive connected Monday (May 4, 2026) a plea seeking a absorption to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to contented caller Aadhaar cards lone to citizens up to the property of six years, and framework stringent guidelines for its issuance to adolescents and adults to halt infiltrators from masquerading arsenic Indian citizens.

As per the Supreme Court's causelist of May 4, the plea would travel up for proceeding earlier a Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.

The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay has besides sought a absorption to the authorities to instal show boards astatine communal work centres stating that the 12-digit unsocial recognition fig is lone a "proof of identity" and not a impervious of citizenship, code oregon day of birth.

Published - May 03, 2026 04:24 p.m. IST

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