Not influenced by the heated debate on Aadhaar: SC

The Supreme Court Wednesday said it was not influenced by the views of the heated public debate inside and outside the court in favour or against the Aadhaar scheme, which has secured the enrolment of almost 1.1 billion people in the country.

Not only the commoners, but the intelligentsia too were equally divided on the issue and there have been a number of articles and interviews for discourse in favour of or against the biometric ID, it noted.

A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said, "We clarify that we have not been influenced by such views expressed either in favour or against Aadhaar."
It said that despite the passions, emotions and annoyance exhibited by both sides in equal measure during the arguments, the court while giving its judgment on the issues involved "is required to have calmness coupled with objective examination of the issues on the touchstone of the constitutional provisions."