Review Petition Filed in Supreme Court Against Aadhaar Verdict
The review plea mentions that some issues require review and clarification from in 26 September verdict.
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A review petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday, 24 December, seeking to re-examine its verdict by which the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme was held as constitutionally valid.
Senior advocate Indira Jaising said the review petition has been filed against the 26 September verdict, that came out earlier this year, by the five-judge Constitution bench which had said there was nothing in the Aadhaar Act that violated right to privacy of an individual.
The bench headed by then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra had also upheld the passage of the Aadhaar Bill as a Money Bill by the Lok Sabha.
The review petition has been filed by one Imtiyaz Ali Palsaniya, who had also filed interim applications when the apex court was examining the validity of the Aadhaar scheme.
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Aadhaar in a 4:1 judgment on Wednesday, 26 September.
Reading out the majority judgment on Aadhaar, Justice AK Sikri had upheld the constitutional validity of the Centre's flagship scheme, but with conditions.
The apex court said private companies cannot insist on Aadhaar. It added that the national security exception for disclosure of Aadhaar information as per Section 33(2) has also been struck down.
Justice DY Chandrachud had made a dissenting judgment declaring the Aadhaar scheme unconstitutional. However, it is Justice AK Sikri's judgment that will be upheld as two other judges of the five-judge bench have concurred with it.
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