Aadhaar case: Supreme Court to start final hearing today

Amid the ongoing senior Supreme Court judges rift, the top court will commence hearing of the petitions challenging the validity of Aadhaar and its mandatory linkage with several services. A 5-judge constitution bench — Justice AK Sikri, Justice AM Khanwilkar, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Ashok Bhushan — headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra will start begin the hearing in the Aadhaar case on January 17 (today). The five-judge bench was constituted while the judiciary is currently witnessing dissent after four senior Supreme Court judges in a presser on January 12 made public some of the burning issues in the Indian judiciary and its independent functioning. While the matter is still in process to get resolved, the Supreme court is set to take the Aadhaar case today.