SC declines plea to remove Aadhaar from SIR document list, says RP Act still endorses it as identity proof

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 24, 2026) refused to alter a September 2025 order to use Aadhaar in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, saying the Representation of the People Act continues to endorse the 12-digit unique identity number as an identity proof for citizens.

A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said petitioner-advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay should take his apprehensions that fake Aadhaar cards were manufactured on an “industrial scale” in the border areas to the Union Government.