Serious issue if 3 crore ration cards were cancelled, says Supreme Court
If the Centre has really cancelled around three crore ration cards, including those of tribals and the poor, solely because they could not be biometrically linked with Aadhaar, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it was a “very serious” matter.
A Counter led by Main Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde asked the Centre to answer allegation made in a application by Koili Devi, symbolized by elderly advocate Colin Gonsalves, that such cancellations acquired triggered hunger deaths in the united states.
According to the Union of India “The insistence on Aadhar and biometric authentication had led to the cancellation of nearly four crore ration cards in the country. The Union of India casually offers a description that these cancelled credit cards had been false. The technological system bas...