Delhi HC asks Centre to reply on PIL to link assets with Aadhaar

On Monday, the Delhi High Court requested statements from many Central Government ministries that had just been added to the case as respondents in a public interest litigation (PIL) that sought to connect Aadhaar to property records.

The Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, the Ministry of Rural Development, and the Ministry of Law were consulted on the case by the bench of Justices Satish Chander Sharma and Yashwant Varma. Justice Satish Chander Sharma said that the concerns mentioned in the petition are justified while extending further time for the Delhi administration and the Home Ministry to explain their positions on the petition.

Earlier the court while issuing notice to the respondents also asked the petitioner to amend the petition and add more concerned ministries to the matter.
Advocate Manish Mohan appeared along with Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Chetan Sharma in the matter for the Centre Government.

The petitioner Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, a BJP Leader sought direction from Centre Government and Delhi Government to take appropriate steps to link movable and immovable property documents of citizens with their Aadhaar number to curb corruption, black money generation and benami transaction.

If Government link property with Aadhaar, it will lead to an increment of 2 per cent annual growth. It will clean our electoral process, which is dominated by black money and benami transaction and thrives on a cycle of large black investments, the capture of power through foul means, use of political strength to amass private wealth, all with disdain for the citizen, stated the plea.