Aadhaar Correction Recognised as Fundamental Right; UIDAI Told to Expand Access: Madras High Court

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court held that correcting errors in Aadhaar data is both a statutory and fundamental right under Section 31 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016.

The Court directed the UIDAI to establish adequate infrastructure to make Aadhaar correction facilities accessible at the local level. 

The Court observed that the right to receive benefits through Aadhaar necessarily includes the right to rectify its details, while allowing a petition by a widow whose pension was delayed due to mismatched Aadhaar data, and further directed the immediate correction of her records.

[Pushpam v UIDAI]