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SC put guardrails in the users' interests: iSPIRT on Aadhaar verdict

The Supreme Court struck down parts of Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act, which allowed private companies to ask customers and stakeholders for Aadhaar

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Mayank Jain New Delhi
iSPIRT, India’s biggest technology think tank and founder of India Stack, is of the opinion that the Supreme Court, in its judgment on Aadhaar last week, didn’t mean to keep the private sector from using it but put guardrails in the users’ interests.

The Supreme Court struck down parts of Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act, which allowed private companies to ask customers and stakeholders for Aadhaar.

In a post on its website on September 30, Sanjay Jain, a volunteer with iSPIRT and former chief product manager at the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), said the court wanted to