"Will it not be a prudent approach in the matter to make it compulsory to produce the Aadhar card for the issuance of a new ration card? Why is the government not considering this? Unless you put a verification process in place, you cannot track the duplicate or bogus ration cards," Justice Khanwilkar said.
When additional public prosecutor Aruna Kamat Pai informed the court that the government was short-staffed, the bench said, "Link everything to the Aadhar card scheme and make one team to run it. No great changes need to be made. The state will have to only link both the cards via a software."
Directing the government to consider the link between the two cards, the court adjourned hearing of the PIL till next week.
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