[Breaking]: Supreme Court to hear #Aadhaar case on July 18

The Supreme Court of India has agreed to hear the Aadhaar case on July 18, i.e. the coming Tuesday.

Senior Advocate Shyam Divan and Attorney General for India KK Venugopal mentioned the matter today before Chief Justice JS Khehar.

While Shyam Divan stated about how the Bench headed by Justice Jasti Chelameswar had asked them to mention the matter before Chief Justice for early hearing, the Attorney General also joined the issue.

“The Union of India also joins this request. If this could be heard and disposed of early it would be in public interest”  submitted Venugopal.

CJI Khehar then proceeded to ask how much time both parties would take for their submissions. When Divan replied “3 weeks”, CJI Khehar disapproved.

“If this is the kind of time you want to take then ‘no’.”

Both the parties then agreed to complete their arguments in two days.

Both Divan and Venugopal also agreed that the matter should be first heard by a Constitution Bench of 5 judges and if that Bench feels that the matter requires consideration by a larger Bench, only then a Bench of more than 5 need to be constituted.

The court agreed and listed the matter for July 18.