All deadlines of Aadhaar linkages extended: SC

On December 15, the Supreme Court extended all deadlines of Aadhaar linkages to March 31, 2018. On December 14, the government had informed Supreme Court about extending deadlines for all services.

The December 15, 2017 hearing was on the mandatory linking of Aadhaar with bank accounts, mobile numbers and various other schemes.

The five-judge Bench of Chief Dipak Misra and Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan on December 14 reserved its order in a plea for interim relief sought by the petitioners challenging the scheme.

The hearing was on the mandatory linking of Aadhaar with bank accounts, mobile numbers and various other schemes.

Earlier in December, the Centre had extended the deadline for mandatory linking of the Unique Identification number to avail various services and welfare schemes up to March 31, 2018.