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'How can Aadhaar be made compulsory for PAN cards', asks annoyed Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: An annoyed Supreme Court (SC) today asked the Centre why it madefor getting a PAN card when the top court passed an order saying it couldn't do that."How can you make Aadhaar card mandatory when we have passed an order to make it optional?" the top court asked today.Late last month, the SC did say the government wouldn't be wrong to make, getting mobile connections and getting passports. But among those things, the SC did not include getting PAN cards or getting welfare benefits.Making the Aadhaar compulsory is its "only option", said the Attorney General (AG), who's representing the Centre, to the SC."We found a number of PAN cards being used to divert funds to shell companies. To prevent that (from happening) the only option is to make Aadhaar card mandatory," the AG told the apex court.