Current Affair 1:

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The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 24) held that Aadhaar cards cannot be used as proof of age, given that other official documents such as the School Leaving Certificate serve the purpose.

In its judgement, the SC referred to Section 94 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 which states that the “matriculation or equivalent certificate from the concerned examination Board” can be used as evidence to determine the age of a person brought before a Board or Committee under the Act.

It supplemented this with High Court judgements mandating the use of the School Leaving Certificate to determine a person’s age instead of the Aadhaar card.

It also relied on the 2018 SC Constitutional Bench ruling where Justice Dr. A K Sikri described Aadhaar as “proof of identity”, as well as a UIDAI circular reiterating that Aadhaar is “not a proof of date of birth”.

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