Aadhaar-Social Media Linking: Supreme Court to Hear Facebook’s Case Transfer Plea

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, 20 August, agreed to hear Facebook's transfer petition on September 13, on a number of cases across high courts seeking to link Aadhaar with social media accounts. Facebook is currently a respondent in a PIL seeking Aadhar-social media linkage, which is pending before the Madras High Court. The apex court also issued a notice to all the parties in the case: WhatsApp, Google, YouTube and others, and sought their response by the date of the next hearing. The Bench comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bode, however, has not stayed the hearing before the Madras High Court which is scheduled for Wednesday, 21 August.