Name: 2 things everyone needs to understand about Supreme Court's latest Aadhaar order
Uploaded: 2018-03-14T17:34:08+0000
Channel: Anusha Soni
Description: We have to wait for the final verdict that will delivered in August.

Politics

Anusha Soni

&lt;p id='p_1'&gt;Throwing a spanner in the government's plans to make Aadhaar mandatory for operating bank accounts, holding phone connections and applying for tatkaal&amp;nbsp;passports, a five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Tuesday said the government 'cannot insist' that citizens must provide Aadhaar details to avail these services.&amp;nbsp;However,&amp;nbsp;the court has given its go-ahead to the government to make Aadhaar linkage mandatory for availing services where subsidies are provided under section 7 by the government.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id='p_2'&gt;This order will come as an embarrassing blow for the government, which had given directions to banks and telecom operators to ensure linking of Aadhaar to crores of subscribers.&amp;nbsp;On the other hand, today's order&amp;nbsp;comes as a shot in the arm for those who have expressed reservations and argued against the need for compliance.&lt;/p&gt;