Supreme Court seeks Centre, ECI response on plea to curb use of Aadhaar for age proof, voter registration
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the response of the Central and State governments as well as the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a petition seeking directions to ensure that Aadhaar is used solely as proof of identity and not as proof of citizenship, domicile, address or date of birth.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice V Mohana issued notice on the petition filed by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay.CJI Surya Kant and Justice V MohanaThe petition contends that the c