NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear the PIL that raised privacy concerns regarding the use of the Aadhaar card by an individual.
Senior advocate Anil Divan pleaded before the apex court that serious privacy concerns have arisen with regard to the keeping and maintaining of the data by a private firm.
However, the court said "There is no urgency in the case. Let the matter come in due course."
The court had earlier referred the matter to a Constitution Bench.
In October last year, the court asked the government to address the most basic questions in a democracy governed by law, such as: What are the privacy rights of citizens; are they protected equally by the same justice applied for the rich and the poor alike, etc.
The Supreme Court also refused simultaneous applications by multiple agencies demanding relief from the interim court order limiting the use of Aadhaar pending the Court's final decision.
The court had allowed the use of Aadhaar cards for MNREGA, Jan Dhan Yojana, pension and provident fund schemes. The court had earlier restricted the use of Aadhaar cards to the Public Distribution System and LPG subsidies, after which the government rushed to court for permission to use it for more services and clarified that the linking of Aadhaar for providing these services will only be on a voluntary basis and no person shall be deprived of any benefit for want of an Aadhaar Card.