Centre tells SC: Willing to extend deadline to link mobile to Aadhaar till March 31

Attorney General K K Venugopal told the Supreme Court that the Centre is willing to extend the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to March 31. However, he insisted that Aadhaar should remain mandatory for opening of new bank account, reported news agency PTI.

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The finance ministry issued a statement to this effect, “After considering various representations received in this regard and inputs received from banks, it has been decided to notify March 31, 2018, or six months from the date of commencement of account based relationship by the client, whichever is later, as the date of submission of the Aadhaar number, and Permanent Account Number or Form 60 by the clients to the reporting entity,” said the Finance Ministry in a statement.

On Thursday, a five-judge Constitution Bench comprising the CJI and Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan will hear the petitioners who are seeking interim relief from the apex court and an assurance from the Central government that no coercive measures will be adopted until the Constitution Bench decides on the constitutionality of the Aadhaar scheme.

A five-judge Constitution bench will commence from January 17, 2018 for the final hearing on pleas challenging Aadhaar, said the Supreme Court.

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