As you know due to Supreme Court in it’s Sep 26th,2018 judgement upheld the validity of Aadhaar but private companies can’t use make users give Aadhaar to avail a service
Due to the Supreme court verdict, Cabinet has today (Dec 17th) approved amending the existing laws so that
- Aadhaar is not Mandatory
- Mobile phone numbers need not be linked with Bank accounts
Because of Supreme Court’s verdict these acts would be amended
- Telegraph Act
- Prevention of Money Laundering Act
Earlier in Supreme Court has struck down Section 57 of the Aadhaar act that had made linking bank accounts with Mobile and Phone number mandatory