Supreme Court defends Aadhaar as identity proof for SIR

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Then?,” said Justice Joymalya Bagchi, who was part of a two-judge bench hearing petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the SIR exercise. Justice Bagchi further said the SC “never said to include Aadhaar to prove citizenship. Nobody at any point of time argued, or it was in the contemplation of the court, that Aadhaar is a proof of citizenship. In fact, what was argued is something different, that look at the 11 documents, can land records be proof of citizenship? Activist Yogendra Yadav, who also addressed the court, said “there is a design defect” with the SIR process.