The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the concerned ministries to file their responses to a plea demanding linking of movable and immovable property documents with Aadhaar number.<\/p>\n
A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Yashwant Varma was hearing a plea filed by BJP leader and practising lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay filed in the year 2019.<\/p>\n
The bench sought responses from the Union Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), the Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Law.<\/p>\n
During the hearing, the court noted that the registry has pointed out some defects in Upadhyay’s application and then directed him to correct those.<\/p>\n
The bench also asked the government authorities to file their responses.<\/p>\n
Appearing for the Centre, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Chetan Sharma said that the case brings out an important issue.<\/p>\n
It is the petitioner’s case that linking movable-immovable properties with the owner’s Aadhaar number would curb corruption, black money and benami transactions.<\/p>\n
In light of Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, the government is duty bound to take apposite steps to curb corruption and black money and seize benami properties, Upadhyay said.<\/p>\n
“Black money holders would be forced to declare their unaudited movable and unmovable properties and it will take years to generate that amount of benami property again. Thus, in a long way it will help in putting an end to the black money generation.”<\/p>\n
Talking about annual growth, Upadhyay has claimed that if the government made it mandatory to link property documents with Aadhaar, it would lead to an increment of two per cent.<\/p>\n
“(Linking Aadhaar with property documents) will clean our electoral process, which is dominated by black money and benami transaction and thrives on a cycle of large black investments, capture of power through foul means, use of political strength to amass private wealth, all with disdain,” the plea added.<\/p>\n
The bench listed the matter for the next hearing on July 18, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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