Supreme Court Asks Ashwini Upadhyaya to Seek RPA Amendment over Aadhaar Use in Electoral Rolls

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday asked Advocate Ashwini Upadhyaya to approach the Union Government to seek an amendment of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, instead of repeatedly challenging the use of Aadhaar in West Bengal’s electoral roll revision.

A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi said that since Section 23(4) statutorily recognises Aadhaar as an identity document, the Court must uphold it.

Allegations of large-scale fake Aadhaar cards, the Bench observed, require legislative or executive intervention, clarifying that Aadhaar proves identity, not citizenship.