New Delhi: The apex court has categorically refused to ban the National Population Register (NPR) process. However, the Supreme Court has summoned the reply by issuing notice to the Central Government regarding the new petitions filed regarding the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and NPR. A PIL was filed on Monday to ban NPR.

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This PIL argued that the security of data in Aadhaar is guaranteed, but as per the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003, no security is guaranteed from misuse of the information being collected. However, the apex court has categorically refused to put a stay on the NPR process and listed pleas that are to be heard later along with other CAA cases.

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The NPR petition states that there is no guarantee to protect the information that will be collected for NPR from being misused. On behalf of the petitioner it has been said that as per the Rules of Citizens Rules 2003 (Registration of Citizens and issue of National Identity Cards), no security is guaranteed to prevent misuse of the information collected. This is physically different from the information collected under the Aadhaar card or census.

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