The Supreme Court on Friday issued discover on a plea in search of a course that it shouldn’t be obligatory to submit Aadhaar as mere proof of identification whereas giving vaccine photographs.
Justice DY Chandrachud, heading the two-judge bench, initially instructed petitioner Siddhartha Shankar Sharma that if he checks the CoWin app, he’ll see that different identification proofs like passport and driving license have additionally been allowed.
“Don’t go by newspaper articles. Have you appeared on the CoWin utility your self not too long ago? It has now been up to date. Go to the FAQ part and you will note that now there are a lot of forms of ID proofs with which you’ll be able to register,” Justice Chandrachud mentioned.
He mentioned that Aadhar card will not be the one ID which is being accepted and one can register utilizing driving license, pan card, voter card, ration card and many others.
A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna additionally mentioned that it might give him time to confirm it himself.
Counsel showing for Sharma agreed that different identification playing cards are additionally being allowed for registration. However, the issue is that when somebody registered on the portal involves the vaccination centre, they insist on Aadhaar, he mentioned.
He mentioned the Meghalaya High Court needed to cope with an analogous case not too long ago and directed the state to not insist on Aadhaar proof for vaccine administration. Taking cognizance of this, the bench issued discover to the respondents.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
