The Election Fee on Tuesday directed Bihar Leader Electoral Officer (CEC) to simply accept the Aadhaar card as an id card. Now all through the continuing particular revision marketing campaign (SIR) in Bihar, the Aadhaar card will likely be regarded as as twelfth report so as to add names to the voter listing. This directive used to be issued an afternoon after the Superb Court docket order. It obviously states that the Aadhaar card will likely be used handiest as proof of id and citizenship.
Which means that now the Aadhaar card may also be a sound report so as to add names to the voter listing of Bihar. However to turn out citizenship, the applicant will likely be required to offer one or equivalent paperwork of the 11 paperwork already discussed.
The Election Fee has stated that the Aadhaar card must be regarded as because the twelfth report, however a signed announcement within the SIR shape may even must be made with it. The Fee cited Segment 9 of the Aadhaar Act 2016, wherein it’s obviously written that handiest the Aadhaar quantity or its affirmation does now not give any person the appropriate to citizenship or place of abode nor will or not it’s regarded as as its evidence.
It’s to be famous that Segment 23 (4) of the Public Illustration Act, 1950 has already incorporated the Aadhaar card within the paperwork proving id. As well as, the shape used beneath particular revision (SIR) additionally incorporates the Aadhaar card column. This column is both already stuffed (for electorate incorporated within the 2003 voter listing) or the applicant can fill it together with his will.
In a letter despatched to the Leader Electoral Officer of Bihar (CEO), the Election Fee directed that this order associated with Aadhaar must be strictly applied. Additionally, it must be right away brought to all District Election Officials, Voter Registration Officials, Assistant ERO and different involved officers.
The Election Fee (EC) has stated that strict motion will likely be taken if its order isn’t adopted.
On Monday, the Superb Court docket directed that the Aadhaar card must be regarded as as twelfth report so as to add names to the revised voter listing of Bihar. It may be used as an id card.
On the other hand, a bench of Judges Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi made it transparent that Aadhaar isn’t an explanation of citizenship. The court docket stated that the Election Fee would have the appropriate to test its fact.
The court docket stated within the order, “The Aadhaar card isn’t an explanation of citizenship in keeping with the legislation, so it can’t be used to turn out citizenship. However beneath Segment 23 (4) of the Illustration of the Public Illustration Act, 1950, it’s incorporated within the paperwork that turn out this id.”
The Superb Court docket requested EC to factor directions by means of Tuesday.