Aadhar Card not mandatory for Voter list - Supreme Court of India decision.

Aadhar card not mandatory for electoral rolls, will make changes in form to enroll new Voters    Election Commission of India (ECI) tells Supreme Court.

Aadhar number is not mandatory to register as a voter poll panes to Supreme Court. The Election Commission of India (ECI).

The Election Commission of India (ECI) told the Supreme Court that the Aadhar number would no longer be mandatory to enroll a person as a voter. The Election Commission of India (ECI) told the Supreme Court that it will issue appropriate clarification changes in the registration electoral rolls. The changes as per the poll panel will no longer mandate an adult to insert the details of their Aadhar number for the purpose of electoral roll authentication.

Current Form 6 and Form 6B for registration as a voter require those details the Election Commission of India (ECI) told the Supreme Court that an Aadhar number is sought in the columns during the process of voter registration only to confirm identity as a voter. But it is not that without this a voter id card cannot be made the poll panel told the Supreme Court - The Apex Court in India. The poll panel submitted before a bench, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Comprising Justice                JB Pardiwallah and Manoj Misra, that the details of the Aadhar number were not mandatory under Rule 26-B of the Registration of Electors Amendment Rules 2022. Election Commission of India (ECI) thereafter gave an undertaking to the Supreme Court of India stating a clarification would be issued soon. It came during the hearing on a petition pointing out concerns related to Form 6 i.e. application form for fresh voters and Form 6B i.e, letter of information of Aadhar number for the purpose of electoral roll authentication of Election Commission of India (ECI) forms for the registration of new voters. The petition has been initiated by Telangana Pradesh Committee Senior Vice President             G. Niranjan. The petition sought clarifactory changes to Rule 26-B of the Registration of Electors Amendment Rules 2022. Lawers representing the Election Commission of India (ECI) also told the court that 66,33,00,000 Aadhar numbers had already been uploaded for authentication and are in the process of finalising electoral rolls. Based on the undertaking by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the petition was disposed by the Supreme Court of India.

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