Aishwarya Rathore –
Published On: October 1, 2021 at 13:20 IST
The Supreme Court issued a notice on a Writ Petition asking the Centre not to insist on the production of an Aadhaar card as the only form of identity for administering Covid-19 Vaccination.
Justice D. Y. Chandrachud observed, “Aadhaar card is not the only ID which they are accepting. You can also register with a Driver’s license, PAN card, Voter’s ID, passport, ration card, etc. We will keep this matter, and you go and verify it for yourself.”
The Court further added, “Don’t go by Newspaper articles. Have you seen the COWIN App yourself recently? It has now been updated. Go to the FAQ section and you will see that there are now a variety of ID proofs with which you can register.”
To this, the Petitioner contended that yes, you can register with any of the 7 IDs. But when you go there for vaccination, the insistence on Aadhaar is still there. Apart from that, we can not do anything.
The Petitioner further said that the Policies are there, everything on paper is there, but people are still facing this problem. The Aadhaar link is still mandatory.
Even the Meghalaya High Court had to intervene and pass the Order that the petitioner was praying for.
Accordingly, the Court issued notice on the Writ Petition.
Also Read: Meghalaya HC to State: Avoid making Aadhaar Card Mandatory for Vaccination