According to the Aadhar Act of 2016, any resident of India who has lived in the country for over 182 days in the 12 months before applying for the card is eligible to apply for the card
While Indian citizens have been arguing and debating for several months over their Right to Privacy when it comes to applying for an Aadhaar card, a number of immigrants who have lived here for several years have applied and possess a unique identity (UID), the Times of India reported.
According to the Aadhar Act of 2016, any resident of India who has lived in the country for over 182 days in the 12 months before applying for the card is eligible for one.
And while the debate over linking an individual's Aadhaar to their bank account or to private services such as cell phone providers continue, the deadline to link everything has increased beyond the March 31 deadline.
The Centre said that since some more time would be needed to conclude the prolonged hearing in the Aadhaar case, the government may extend the deadline from March 31.
A five-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan agreed with the contention of Attorney General K K Venugopal.
"We have extended the deadline in the past and we will extend the deadline again but we may do it by the end of the month to enable the petitioners in the case to conclude the arguments," Venugopal said.
The bench said, "It is a very valid point raised by the Attorney General and the court would not allow repetitive arguments made by the petitioners' counsel in the matter."
On December 15 last year, the apex court had extended till March 31 the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various services and welfare schemes.
Earlier senior advocate Shyam Divan, who had led the arguments challenging Aadhaar and its enabling Act, said that the deadline of March 31 be extended as it was highly unlikely that the hearing in the case challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act will be concluded.
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