Delhi HC asks Centre to respond to plea for linking property with Aadhaar

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre to file reply on a plea seeking linking of immovable and movable property documents of citizens with their Aadhaar numbers to curb corruption black money generation and benami transactionsA bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Yashwant Varma granted four weeks to the ministries of Finance Law Housing and Urban Affairs and Rural Development to file their responses to the petitionThe bench which orally observed that it a good matter and let replies come listed the matter for further hearing on July 18During the hearing Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma along with Central government standing counsel Manish Mohan representing the Centre termed the issue as an important oneAlso Read 2020 Delhi riots Court acquits fatherson duo of rioting arson charges in 2 casesPetitioner and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay said it is the duty of the state to take appropriate steps to curb corruption and seize benami properties amassed by illegal means to give a strong message that the government is determined to fight corruption and black money generationIf the government links property with Aadhaar it will lead to an increment of two per cent in annual growth It will clean out electoral process which is dominated by black money and benami transaction and thrives on a cycle of large black investmentsuse of political strength to amass private wealth all with disdain of the citizen the petition has saidThe plea has claimed that benami transaction in high denomination currency is used in illegal activities like terrorism naxalism gambling money laundering etcIt also inflates the price of essential commodities as well as major assets like real estate and gold These problems can be curbed up to a great extent by linking movableimmovable properties with the owners Aadhaar number it has further claimedIn an affidavit filed in the matter in 2019 the Delhi government has said Aadhaar is accepted as proof of identity for property registration and land mutation but it is only an optional requirement and there is no provision in the law making it mandatoryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever