Aadhaar Act must be amended to give remedies, says Justice Abhay Oka

Justice Abhay Oka of the Supreme Court on Saturday said the Aadhaar Act must be amended to provide remedies to those who are deprived of the important document and to make it “citizen-centric”.

He was speaking at a seminar on ‘Dispute Resolution Mechanism in Telecom, Broadcasting and Cyber-Sector Issue, Approach and Way Forward’ organized by Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).

Justice Oka rued the lack of “legal literacy” among the educated class and said people “silently suffer injustice” as they do not avail remedies for problems.

In 2019, the appellate jurisdiction relating to the Aadhaar mechanism was assigned to the TDSAT.