Section 33 Aadhaar Act

Aadhaar database access in criminal investigation
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Kerala High Court directed UIDAI to compare fingerprints recovered from a double-murder crime scene with Aadhaar database records holding that the investigating agency was not seeking disclosure of core biometric information but only identification of persons whose fingerprints matched the crime-scene prints. Such a request was permissible under Section 33, Aadhaar Act when authorised by a High Court and did not offend the right to privacy.

Jharkhand HC missing children
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“What will happen in other cases where the parents of missing or trafficked children are themselves facing the rigors of trafficking of their own child and are not in a position to approach the Court.”