Aadhaar not suitable to be used as proof of age, says Supreme Court
The bench issued the order on a plea by the relatives of a man who died in a road accident in 2015, and whose age was incorrectly recorded on his Aadhar card.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that accepted Aadhaar details to determine the age of a road accident victim in order to grant compensation to their families, reported Live Law. The court said such details could be better determined using a school leaving certificate.
The bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Ujjal Bhuyan issued the order after hearing an appeal by the relatives of a man who died in a road accident in 2015, PTI reported. After the man’s death, the Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal granted Rs 19,35,400 to his family in compensation.
However, the High Court subsequently held that the tribunal had wrongly applied the age multiplier while determining compensation and reduced the amount to Rs 9,22,336.
The age multiplier for compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act is based on the age of the victim or claimant.
As per the Act, the High Court determined the age of the man to be 47 years using the details on his Aadhaar card and applied a multiplier of 13, according to Live Law.
However, the appellants moved the Supreme Court against the order, saying that the man’s age at the time of the accident was 45 years, so a multiplier of 14 would apply while granting compensation.
They submitted the victim’s...
