The statement said that DoT and UIDAI are in a process to bring out a hassle-free process for issuing SIMs via mobile app.
New Delhi: Consumers who had verified their credentials through Aadhaar biometrics while buying mobile SIM don’t need to provide fresh documents after Supreme Court judgement. Centre has said that such mobile phones don’t face any disconnection threat after the Supreme Court’s judgement on Aadhaar.
Telecom department and UIDAI in a statement clarified that the Supreme Court in its judgement in Aadhaar case has nowhere directed that the mobile number which has been issued through Aadhaar eKYC has to be disconnected. It said that the apex court has also not asked to delete all the eKYC data of telecom customers after six months.
The statement said that what the apex court has asked that UIDAI should not keep authentication log for more than six months. It said that restriction is on UIDAI and not on the telecom companies.
Therefore, there is no need for telecomcompanies to delete authentication logs, it said.
The joint statement said that what Supreme Court has done is that it has prohibited issue of new SIM cards through Aadhaar eKYC authentication process due to lack of a law.
“There is no direction to deactivate the old mobile phones,” the statement said. “So in the light of the verdict if anybody wishes to get her/his Aadhaar eKYC replaced by the fresh KYC, he/she may request the service provider for delinking of her/his Aadhaar by submitting fresh officially valid documents (OVDs) as per earlier telecom department circulars on mobile KYC. But in any case his mobile number will not be disconnected,” said the statement.
