P&H HC Directs States To Decide On Linking Of Aadhaar Cards With Property Documents/Transactions
28 Nov 2019 02:19 pm
The High Court of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday directed the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to decide the issue of linking Aadhaar cards with property Documents/Transactions, as urged by the Petitioner, within a month.
The Petitioner-Advocate, Nikhil Saraf, had persuaded the government various times in this regard but, in vain. Accordingly, the bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice H. S. Sidhu said,
"the Petitioner has already made four representations for redressal of his grievances to the Chief Ministers of the States of Punjab and Haryana as well as to the Administrator of the U.T., Chandigarh and Union of India…
Consequently, the Chief Secretary to the State of Punjab, Chief Secretary to the State of Haryana, Advisor to the Chandigarh Administration as well as Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, are directed to decide the aforesaid representations by passing a speaking/detailed order within a period of one month".
The Petitioner had made the aforementioned representations stating that the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988, which was passed with aim of "rooting out" corruption, the source of black money and benami transactions, and increasing accountability and controlling the "unnatural hike" in property prices, had failed its purpose; and linking Aadhar card with property transactions would help in achieving this objective by identifying benami transactions.
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