New Delhi: The Aadhaar scheme empowers people on the margins of society and gives them dignity, which far outweighs the harm, the Supreme Court said this morning in a majority judgement that pronounced the national identity card “constitutionally valid” but with conditions.
Turning down the argument of exclusion, the Court said for the “exclusion of a minimal three per cent, the 97 per cent who will benefit due to inclusion cannot be denied it; “One can’t throw the baby out with the bathwater,” said the Judges.
