Gujarat High Court Directs UIDAI To Provide Aadhaar Details For Ascertaining Identity Of Accused Alleged To Be Bangladeshi Nationals
The Gujarat Excessive Courtroom has directed the UIDAI to offer the Aadhaar data as required to establish the id of the accused individuals concerned in an FIR, as per the provisions of the Aadhaar Act, 2016.
A criticism was filed in opposition to the accused for the offence of felony breach of belief and dishonest. After the investigation, it has revealed that mentioned accused had been residents of Bangladesh and have solid some paperwork, and offence was registered underneath the Aadhar Act, 2016
The Bench of Justice Hasmukh D. Suthar noticed, “Perusing the details of the criticism in addition to the petition, it seems that the knowledge of the accused who doesn’t belong to India and who’ve solid Aadhar Card and different materials paperwork and to unearth the reality and for coming to logical finish of investigation, data is required. Contemplating bar underneath The Aadhar Act, 2016 and Aadhar (Amended) Act and different legal guidelines, disclosure of data together with the id, authentication of an individual is barred however there is no such thing as a bar underneath Part 33 of the Aadhar Act, 2016 and the Excessive Courtroom is competent to go acceptable order in that regard.”
Case Temporary
A criticism was filed in opposition to the accused for giving false assurance of giving Riyal forex to the complainant after which giving solely two notes of 100 Riyal forex. Resultantly, an FIR was registered underneath Sections 406, 420, 114 of the Indian Penal Code and after investigation, Sections 467, 468, 471 and 120(B) of the IPC in addition to Sections 34 and 42 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, had been added.
It was additionally submitted that the accused had additionally solid Aadhaar Card and PAN Card, which had been discovered of their possession, and for the aim of identification and/or authentication of the Aadhaar Card, it is very important get particulars of the accused from the UIDAI.
Courtroom’s Evaluation
The Courtroom referred to Sections 28, 29 and 32 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016 and noticed that the Courtroom has the facility to go acceptable instructions to the UIDAI to offer the knowledge as required to establish the id of the accused.
Accordingly, the Courtroom issued the route to the UIDAI and disposed of the Petition.
Trigger Title: State Of Gujarat V. Distinctive Identification Authority Of India, UIDAI, Govt. Of India & Ors. (Impartial Quotation: 2025:GUJHC:31050)
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Applicant: Advocate Shruti Pathak
Respondents: Advocates Kshitj M. Amin, Jucky Fortunate Chan
