Sri. Krishnamurthy S/O Ramachandrappa Sangeet v. the Director
Case brief
What is this about?
Aadhaar Act 2016; Section 29 restriction on sharing information; Section 33 disclosure by order of court not inferior to High Court Judge; core biometric information Section 2(j); identity information Section 2(n); Aadhaar (Sharing of Information) Regulations 2016 Reg. 3; Aadhaar (Authentication and Offline Verification) Regulations 2021; disclosure of authentication records and location of Aadhaar usage to investigating agency; missing person investigation; FIR Crime No.73/2019; Hubballi Gokul Road police station; UIDAI Regional Office Bengaluru confidentiality refusal; privacy vs investigation; Justice Puttaswamy privacy (referred by counsel); Articles 226 and 227 mandamus; Karnataka High Court Dharwad Bench; WP No. 105596 of 2025 (GM-RES); Suraj Govindaraj J.; 15-day direction; no onward sharing of details.
What did the court decide?
Writ of mandamus effectively granted by way of direction: respondent No.1 (UIDAI) to furnish to respondent No.2 (Commissioner of Police, Hubli-Dharwad) only the location-of-usage details of the missing son's Aadhaar card from the date of filing of the missing complaint till date, within 15 days from receipt of a copy of the order, to facilitate investigation; no other details to be furnished and no onward sharing by respondent No.2 except for investigation purposes.