New Delhi: “Whether linking Aadhaar with PAN is good or not, we can’t question the wisdom of Parliament which has enacted a law. We can’t substitute our wisdom for Parliament,” observed the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
A bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan made these observations during the hearing of petitions challenging the linking of Aadhaar with PAN card and making it mandatory for filing Income Tax returns.
Senior counsel Arvind P. Datar appearing for petitioner former Kerala minister Binoy Viswam, submitted that the Constitution Bench of the apex court has given rights not to make Aadhaar compulsory and this right can’t be indirectly taken away by the government. He also pointed out that the government had given repeated assurances to this court not to make Aadhsar mandatory and now how can it go back on its assurance.
