The DMK Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar saying it brought relief and upheld provisions that enabled social inclusion.
"The Supreme Court #AadhaarVerdict brings relief in the sense that while upholding sections that enable social inclusion, it has struck down provisions curbing citizens' rights to privacy & consent," party chief MK Stalin said in a tweet.
Further, he said, "A welcome change is that Aadhaar is not mandated in schools & for entrance exams."
The Supreme Court earlier in the day declared the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid but struck down some of its provisions including its linking with bank accounts, mobile phones and school admissions.
A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra held that while Aadhaar would remain mandatory for filing of IT returns and allotment of Permanent Account Number (PAN), it would not be mandatory to link Aadhaar to bank accounts and the telecom service providers cannot seek its linking for mobile connections.
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