Justice K S Puttaswamy (Retd ) And Anr Vs. Union Of India And Ors (Supreme Court Of India)
1. SC accepted the submission of Government which has stated that
(i) The Union government has extended the deadline for Aadhaar linkage with all schemes of its Ministries/Departments until 31 March 2018;
(ii) As far as Aadhaar linkage with bank accounts is concerned, for existing bank accounts, the last date for the completion of the process may be extended to 31 March 2018;
2. Further In so far as new bank accounts are concerned, while the last date for completing the process of Aadhaar linking also extended until 31 March 2018, persons desirous to open new accounts shall produce proof to the bank of an application having been submitted for obtaining an Aadhaar card together with the application number which shall be supplied to the account opening bank
3. Further As regards Aadhaar based E-KYC for mobile phone subscribers, deadline to complete the process of completing the E-KYC process is also extended to 31 March 2018.
4. Hon’ble Court further directed that the extension of the last date for Aadhar linkage to 31 March 2018 shall apply, besides the schemes of the Ministries/Departments of the Union government to all state governments in similar terms. As a consequence of the extension of the deadline to 31 March 2018, it is ordered accordingly.
