New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with a July 21 order of the Madras high court staying the implementation of a membership drive scheme launched by the state government in which residents in the state were required to share their mobile numbers and respond by enrolling with a centralised database providing information about government schemes based on a one-time password (OTP) received on these numbers.

A bench of justices PS Narasimha and AS Chandurkar refused to entertain the state's appeal as it said, "We are not willing to interfere as the order passed is interim in nature." Senior advocate P Wilson appearing for the state argued that the high court stayed the outreach scheme titled "Oraniyil Tamil...