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After 38-day hearing, Supreme Court reserves judgement on Aadhaar
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- May 10, 2018
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A villager goes through the process of eye scanning for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment centre at Merta district in Rajasthan. (Photo: Reuters)
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgement on the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme and its enabling law, after a hearing which lasted 38 days.
The five-judge constitution bench which heard the matter was headed by Dipak Misra, the Chief Justice of India. Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan were the other judges.
In his concluding remarks, Attorney General KK Venugopal observed that the hearing was the second longest oral hearing in the Supreme Court's history, the first coming in the Keshavananda Bharti case.
The Constitution bench has been hearing a clutch of petitions challenging Aadhaar and its enabling law.
(More inputs to follow)