Supreme Court on Thursday observed that an Aadhaar card, which can be used to establish
identity, is not, per see, proof of date of birth. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing an appeal filed by legal representatives of a deceased victim in a road accident challenging the reduction in award amount. The impugned decision reduced the award amount observing that the multiplier applicable would be 13, since the victim was aged 47 at he was 45 years old at the time of the the time of death, as per the Aadhaar accident.
In view of the contentions card record. The claimant-appellants raised, the SC framed the legal ques contended that the multiplier application of which of the two is to be taken ble would be 14 as the School Leaving authoritative in case of conflict of the Certificate recorded October 1970 as dates of birth between the School a serious issue of violation of
(NDMC) calling for a detailed the date of birth of the deceased and Leaving Certificate and the Aadhar Card.
It noted that a School Leaving stated, in reference to an Office Memorandum issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology dated 20th December 2018, that an Aadhar Card, while can be used to establish identity, it is not per se proof of date of birth,” it said.
After citing several decisions of diverse high courts across the country, the apex court concluded that it has “no hesitation” in accepting the calculation of the age of deceased based on the School Leaving Certificate.
Allowing the appeal, the SC ordered
that the “total amount, i.e., Rs 14,41,500, in the interest of just compensation is rounded off to Rs 15,00,000 with 8 per cent interest from Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection the date of filing of the claim petition of Children) Act, 2015. “The Unique to be released to the rightful claimants
Identification Authority of India, by in the manner directed by the way of its Circular No. 08 of 2023, has Tribunal”