Aadhaar Number Not Mandatory For Electoral Rolls: Poll Body Tells Court
NDTV
The Election Commission had come out with a new rule on linking Aadhaar with voter lists to weed out duplicate entries.
The Election Commission has told the Supreme Court that it would make "clarificatory" changes in its forms meant for adding new voters and updating records of old ones in the electoral roll, keeping in mind that providing Aadhaar numbers for voter ID cards is optional.
The EC had come out with a new rule on linking Aadhaar with voter lists to weed out duplicate entries.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra took note of the submissions of the poll panel and disposed of the PIL which had sought clarificatory changes in Rule 26B of the Registration of Electors (Amendment) Rules, 2022.
