 "Aadhaar")
Company directors now need to provide their Aadhaar numbers to the government, according to a July 5 gazette notification by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, which makes it mandatory for all directors to go through the new KYC process, including Aadhaar details. This has angered a set of directors, particularly those without the identity document, who are assessing their legal options to challenge the ministry for contempt of the Supreme Court.
Last week, directors of a handful of startups even met in Bengaluru and sought legal advice on the situation from lawyers who fought the Aadhaar constitutionality case in the SC,
