He outlined reforms introduced since July 2025, including Aadhaar-based verification protocols, to prevent such issues in the future. However, he noted that the matter would take time to be fully resolved.
However, the petitioners argued that the Election Commission of India has no authority to determine the citizenship.
The Supreme Court on Monday told the Election Commission to adopt a voter verification approach based on “mass inclusion, not mass exclusion,” as it questioned the poll body’s refusal to accept Aadhaar and voters IDs as valid proof of identity under the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar.
Trinamul Congress leadership has come down heavily on the Odisha government for not releasing the migrant workers though the documents proving identity with proper authentication have been submitted to the government.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has begun sharing non-personal, anonymized data from the Aadhaar dashboard on the open government data platform, data.gov.in
In a move that has sparked controversy and strong political backlash, the Assam government has announced that Aadhaar applications would be rejected if the applicant or his family members had not applied for inclusion in the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
The report claimed that the digital ID programme's reliability is questionable due to the hot and humid climate and that it harbours privacy concerns. The Ministry of Electronics & IT said it neither cites primary nor secondary data nor research in support.
The Central government has asked all states to ensure that Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) beneficiaries should…
Now, persons can intimate their Aadhaar to the prescribed authority for Aadhaar-PAN linking without facing repercussions, the government said.
A total of 169 entities, including 105 banks, are live on e-KYC.
