New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- : The Supreme Court has deferred the hearing on a plea filed by Facebook seeking transfer to it the petitions pending before different high courts, demanding to interlink of Aadhar database with social media profiles for identity authentication.
Several petitions are pending before Madras, Bombay and Madhya Pradesh High Courts seeking their direction for the interlinking of Aadhaar data with social media accounts.
The social media giant had filed the petition last week.
After a brief hearing, a bench headed by Justice Deepak Gupta said it would hear the matter on Tuesday.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi appearing for Facebook Inc told the court that transfer of petitions would avoid conflicting decisions from the fou...