SC questions center on mobilizing base from mobile

The bench said, "Actually the Supreme Court did not provide any such instruction, but you used it as a tool to make the base mandatory for mobile users."

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court today questioned the Government's decision to add mobile phones to the mandatory basis and said that its previous order on the mandatory verification of users was used as 'tool'.

The Constitution Bench of five judges, headed by Chief Justice Deepak Mishra, said that in its order on a PIL filed by the 'Lokakti Foundation', it was said that users of mobile need verification in the interest of national security. It is hearing the petitions based on the back ground and its 2016 law.

The bench said, "Actually the Supreme Court did not provide any such instruction, but you used it as a tool to make the base mandatory for mobile users."

Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, representing the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), said that the notification of the Department of Telecommunication talks about the re-verification of mobile phones using the e-KYC process and the telegraph law service providers' decision on the license conditions Special powers' to the Central Government.

The bench said, "How can you make the condition for connecting the Aadhaar with the mobile phone to those receiving the service (Telecom Department)?" The bench said that the license agreement is between the government and the service providers. UdayAi lawyer Dwivedi said that the Aadhaar scheme was supported by two successive governments and senior advocate Kapil Sibal who opposed this for a party in the apex court was part of the empowered group of ministers who had noticed the issue of the Aadhaar.