The journey so far

It’s eightyears since the first Aadhaar card was issued

January, 2009: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is set up, under the Planning Commission September 29, 2010: First Aadhaar card was issued to a Nandurbar, Maharashtra resident

December 3, 2010: National Identification Authority of India Bill, 2010, is introduced in Parliament. Referred to standing committee

December 13, 2010: Standing committee submits report, says “conceptualised with no clarity of purpose”

February 2013: SC issues notice on a petition filed by retired judge Puttaswamy ( pictured); says no person should suffer for not having Aadhaar

September 2015: Govt revises rules; attaches UIDAI to Department of Electronics and Information

October 2015: CJI says Aadhaar is voluntary, expands its scope to six schemes

February 3, 2016: Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, introduced as a money Bill by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

February 1, 2017: Finance Act, 2017, introduces Section 139AA of the Income-Tax Act makes Aadhaar mandatory for filing tax returns and PAN cards

August 24, 2017: A nine-judge SC Bench affirms the status of Right to Privacy as a fundamental right

January 2018: Arguments begin in the Aadhaar case

May 2018: Hearing over; order reserved by the five-judge Bench headed by CJI

September 26, 2018: SC gives a majority verdict reaffirming Aadhaar as constitutional