THE AADHAAR JUDGMENT AND RECENT POLICY CHANGES: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR FIN - TECH COMPANIES?

The recent judgement of the Supreme Court of India, upholding the validity of Aadhaar while striking out parts of the Aadhaar Act which permitted body corporates to use the Aadhaar number of an individual for establishing the identity of an individual, is likely to have a disproportionate effect on fin-tech companies. INDUSLAW’s Suneeth Katarki, Namita Viswanath and Savithran Ramesh look at the implications of this judgement and other recent policy measures, and analyze their collective impact on the ease of doing business for the fin-tech industry in India.