The Supreme Court has declared that Aadhaar is Constitutionally valid. Justice AK Sikri has authored the judgement on behalf of him, CJI Dipak Misra and Justice Khanwilkar. Justice Chandrachud and Justice A Bhushan have written their individual opinions.


Excerpts of the court observations.


Supreme Court Justice Sikri while reading out verdict on constitutional validity of Aadhaar said there is a fundamental difference between Aadhaar card and identity. Once the bio-metric information is stored, it remains in the system. Justice Sikri said it is secure and there is no possibility of obtaining a duplicate card. He said Aadhaar gives identitity to the poor.



-- It is better to be unique than being best; Aadhaar means Unique.

-- Attack on Aadhaar by petitioners is based on violation of rights, will lead to a surveillance State.

-- SC says there has been minimal demographic and biometric data collected by UIDAI for Aadhaar enrollment.

-- Unique identification proof also empowers and gives identity to marginalised sections of society, says SC.


The five-judge bench is hearing the case on May 10 after a 38-day hearing.