Overview
- A division bench of Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Arun Kumar Rai issued the directions while hearing a habeas corpus plea by mother Chandramuni Urain.
- The court ordered that the UIDAI director be made a party to address how Aadhaar-linked data can be lawfully used in the case.
- The state reported that an FIR has been registered and a new SIT is investigating, including leads pursued in Delhi, but no breakthrough has emerged.
- Judges noted the police application to trace the child's Aadhaar details has been pending and pressed for a faster, lawful SOP to aid such probes.
- The bench criticized inadequate police action after villagers assaulted Urain over witch-branding, took a JLSA report, and listed the matter for February 25.