LOKNITI FOUNDATION Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANR.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner has approached this Court for a commendable cause. The prayer made in the writ petition is, that there should be a definite mobile phone subscriber verification scheme, to ensure 100% verification of the subscriber. It is the prayer of the petitioner, that the identity of each subscriber, as also, his/her address should be verified, so that no fake or unverified phone subscriber, can misuse a mobile phone. It was the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner, that the instant prayer is imperative, as mobile phones are, used not only for domestic criminal activity, but also, for known terrorist activity (sometimes with foreign involvement).

(2.) Consequent upon notice being issued to the Union of India, a short counter affidavit has been filed on its behalf, wherein, it is averred as under:

(3.) The learned Attorney General, in his endeavour to demonstrate the effectiveness of the procedure, which has been put in place, has invited our attention to the application form, which will be required to be filled up, by new mobile subscribers, using e-KYC process. It was the submission of the learned Attorney General, that the procedure now being adopted, will be sufficient to alleviate the fears, projected in the writ petition.