Responding to the counter affidavit filed by the Central government in the Aadhaar case, petitioner Kalyani Sen Menon has filed a rejoinder affidavit rebutting the Central government’s submissions regarding the reach and achievements of Aadhaar. The affidavit, which has been filed through Advocate-on-Record Vipin Nair, specifically rebuts the contention made by the Centre regarding the figures pertaining to enrolment for Aadhaar. The Centre had submitted that around 115 crore people have enrolled for Aadhaar, thereby questioning the petitioner’s locus to file the petitions as a PIL. Responding to this, the petitioner has stated, “…the Respondent has attempted to conflate the […]
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