Supreme Court Notes While Setting Aside HC Judgment In Motor Accident Compensation Case -Aadhaar Is Not Proof Of Date Of Birth

Supreme Court noted that an Aadhar Card, while can be used to establish identity, it is not per se proof of date of birth. The Court was hearing a Civil Appeal after the High Court reduced the compensation in a Motor vehicle accident case. The bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed, “We find that the Unique Identification Authority of India, by way of its Circular No.08 of 2023, has 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."