HC asks Centre to respond to plea for linking property with Aadhaar

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre to file reply on a plea seeking linking of immovable and movable property documents of citizens with their Aadhaar numbers to curb corruption, black money generation, and 'benami' transactions.

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A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Yashwant Varma granted four weeks to the ministries of Finance, Law, Housing and Urban Affairs and Rural Development to file their responses to the petition.

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The bench, which orally observed that “it a good matter and let replies come”, listed the matter for further hearing on July 18.

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