Justice K.S.Puttaswamy(Retd) vs Union Of India on 26 September, 2018 26) After mentioning the reasons recorded above, Statement of Objects and Reasons for introducing the Bill also highlight the salient features thereof in the following manner: 5. The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016, inter alia, seeks to provide for (a) issue of Aadhaar numbers to individuals on providing his demographic and biometric information to the Unique Identification Authority of India; (b) requiring Aadhaar numbers for identifying an individual for delivery of benefits, subsidies, and services the expenditure is incurred from or the receipt therefrom forms part of the Consolidated Fund of India; (c) authentication of the Aadhaar number of an Aadhaar number holder in relation to his demographic and biometric information; (d) establishment of the Unique Identification Authority of India consisting of a Chairperson, two Members and a Member-Secretary to perform functions in pursuance of the objectives above; (e) maintenance and updating the information of individuals in the Central Identities Data Repository in such manner as may be specified by regulations; (f) measures pertaining to security, privacy and confidentiality of information in possession or control of the Authority including information stored in the Central Identities Data Repository; and (g) offences and penalties for contravention of relevant statutory provisions. 27) The Bill having been passed by the Legislature, received the assent of the President on March 25, 2016 and, thus, became Act (18 of 2016). Preamble to this Act again emphasises the aim and objective which this Act seeks to achieve. It reads: An Act to provide for, as a good governance, efficient, transparent, and targeted delivery of subsidies, benefits and services, the expenditure for which is incurred from the Consolidated Fund of India, to individuals residing in India through assigning of unique identity numbers to such individuals and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto 28) Section 2 of the Act provides certain definitions. Some of the definitions can be noted at this stage itself, while other relevant definitions would be mentioned at the appropriate stage. (a) Aadhaar number means an identification number issued to an individual under sub-section (3) of Section 3; Indian Kanoon - http://indiankanoon.org/doc/127517806/ 13