Aadhaar means unique: SC

The Supreme Court Wednesday said Aadhaar means unique and it is better to be unique than being best.

The apex court made this observations while pronouncing of the verdict by a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra.

Justice A K Sikri was pronouncing the judgement on Aadhaar for himself, the CJI and Justice A M Khanwilkar.

The bench said attack on Aadhaar by petitioners is based on violation of rights under the Constitution, will lead to a surveillance State.

It said there has been minimal demographic and biometric data collected by UIDAI for Aadhaar enrolment.