Alive to earlier orders that Aadhaar should be voluntary,says Supreme Court

Alive to earlier orders that Aadhaar should be voluntary,says Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today said it was "alive" to its earlier orders which had held that Aadhaar should be "voluntary".

"We are alive to the orders passed by this court which says it should be voluntary," a bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said.

The apex court made these observations while hearing the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of section 139AA of the Income Tax (IT) Act, which was introduced through the latest budget and the Finance Act 2017.