Social media-Aadhaar linking: SC transfers all HC cases to itself

To counter the problem, the government said it wanted to come up with rules so as to effectively regulate social media companies

The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday transferred all the petitions related to linking of Aadhaar to social media profiles, pending in various high courts to itself. The case will be next heard in January next year, after the central government finalises its rules to prevent misuse of social media. 

All the cases pending in various high courts will now be transferred to the SC to be placed before an appropriate Bench, a two-judge Bench of Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Aniruddha Bose said.

On Monday, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had through an affidavit said it had