October 16, 2026: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to respond to a petition challenging its decision to make biometric Aadhaar authentication mandatory for domestic LPG consumers to book refills at the regulated retail selling price with applicable subsidy from October 1

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma issued notice to the central government, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board and public sector oil companies on the public interest litigation (PIL) by Pulkit Luthra, a practising lawyer, and gave them two weeks to file the reply.

The petitioner, who has 75 per cent permanent visual disability, has asserted that a mandatory biometric Aadhaar authentication (BAA) process, which included iris authentication, caused serious difficulty to him and other similarly situated persons with visual impairments.

Attorney General R Venkataramani said the decision was taken to check the "abuse" of government subsidy and assured that persons with disabilities would be taken care of

(Source: Economic Times)