India's Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by the government to overturn a ruling that will limit use of the biometrics-backed Aadhaar ID card.The apex court refused to relax an interim order it issued in August limiting the card's mandatory usage to only welfare schemes involving food grain and cooking fuel distribution.That order followed privacy concerns over the Unique Identity (UID) programme's use of biometric data such as fingerprints and iris images.The ruling means that the Aadhar Card now cannot be used to avail more services as the Modi government envisioned, such as opening bank accounts and getting phone connections.For now the ruling will remain, until a Constitution bench hears the case. The central government is likely to move the court tomorrow to form the larger bench.In court, the Attorney General argued that when people are prepared to forgo the right to privacy for availing a “larger benefit” why should the court “stand in the way?”
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