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Unauthorized request for Aadhaar authentication logs · 2026-09-29
Key facts
- Entity
- UIDAI
- Authority
- High Court, Supreme Court of India
- Date
- 2026-09-29
- Sector
- Government
- Legal provision
- Aadhaar Act Section 7
- Penalty
- No financial penalty (Warning/Order)
- Outcome
- Adjudication Order Issued
- Violation
- Unauthorized request for Aadhaar authentication logs
What happened
The Karnataka High Court dismissed the NIA's petition to compel UIDAI to share Aadhaar authentication logs of a terror suspect, holding that Section 91 of the CrPC cannot override the privacy protections under the Aadhaar Act. The order reinforces statutory limits on data disclosure without a specific legal basis.
Sources & provenance
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Record ID: AUTO-2026-39BEE7 · updated 2026-10-09