Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar has said that according to the Supreme Court’s orders and under the Aadhaar Act, Aadhaar cannot be considered proof of age, proof of residence, or proof of citizenship, it remains a proof of identity only. Yet, the Commission accepts Aadhaar cards as per the apex court’s order. It might be added as the 12th document needed for voter list revision.

He said, “We are following the Supreme Court order that Aadhaar cards should be accepted. We were accepting Aadhaar cards with the enumeration form and still accepting it. We are fine if it is added as the 12th document in the list of 11 documents that we had asked earlier. However, the Supreme Court has stated in its order that the Aadhaar card will not be proof of citizenship. (Thus) Other docume

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