November 10, 2017 1:02 PM

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SC rejects TMC MLA's plea against linking Aadhaar with bank accounts

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea filed by a Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA challenging the linking of bank accounts with Aadhaar. <br/><br/>The apex court said there were several petitions challenging Aadhaar which were already pending before it and it cannot entertain thousands of pleas raising similar issue. <br/><br/>The bench permitted TMC MLA Mahua Moitra to file an application for impleadment as a party in the pending matters which are scheduled to come up before a Constitution Bench in the last week of this month. <br/><br/>The apex court had on November 3 made it clear that banks and telecom service providers will have to indicate the last<br/>date of linking bank accounts and mobile numbers with Aadhaar<br/>in their communications with customers.<br/><br/>Currently, the last date to link Aadhaar with bank accounts is December 31 this year while for mobile numbers, it is 6th February 2018.

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