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Plea in the Supreme Court claims cancellation of Aadhaar cards leading to no food for the poor. Supreme Court (File photo)  Key Highlights It's a serious issue, Centre shouldn't consider the notice as adversarial: SC New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought a reply from the Centre on a plea claiming that the cancellation of over 3 crore Aadhaar cards had led to massive starvation and deaths of the poor across India. The CJI led bench will now hear the petition after 4 weeks, which has been filed by Koili Devi, whose 11 year old daughter Santoshi Kumari had died in 2017. ...

Lekhi contended there was grievance redressal mechanism under the Food Security Act and if Aadhaar is not available alternate documents can be submitted. "We have clearly said Aadhaar or no Aadhaar, nobody will be denied right to food," submitted Lekhi. The court issued notice to the Centre and sought its reply within four weeks in the petition pending since 2018. Gonsalves cited situations where fingerprints or iris scanner did not work in tribal areas. "Not a single State has appointed Independent Nodal Officers under section 14 or District Grievance Redressal Officer under section 15. All ...