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Aadhaar Card  has been made an essential entity in our day to day life and the Government of India is especially focusing on linking important elements like  Pan Card, Sim Card, Bank Account etc.  with the Aadhaar Card. As per the recent announcement, Government has directed the people of India to link their  Bank Account with Aadhaar Card.  Here is all the relevant information that one must know about the linking and its procedure to Bank Account. Turns out you have to link your bank account with  Aadhaar after all.  The Reserve Bank of India has stepped in to strike down news reports that claimed, quoting an RTI reply, it was not necessary to link the  12-digit biometric identification number  with bank accounts, saying the directive remained in force under anti-money laundering rules.  So, the  December 31 deadline  stays put for now. "The Reserve Bank clarifies that, in applicable cases, linkage of Aadhaar number...

             By ruling that marriage cannot be a licence to have sex with a minor girl, the Supreme Court has corrected an anomaly in the country’s criminal law. Under the Indian Penal Code, it is an offence to have sex with a girl below 18 years of age, regardless of consent. However, it made an exception if the girl was the man’s wife, provided she was not below 15. In other words, what was statutory rape is treated as permissible within a marriage. By reading down the exception to limit it to girls aged 18 and older, the court has sought to harmonise the various laws in which any person under 18 is a minor. Overall, the judgment is in keeping with the reformist, and indisputably correct, view that early marriage is a serious infringement of child rights. The judges draw extensively on studies that demonstrate child marriage is a social evil that adversely affects the physical and mental health of children, denies them opportunities for education a...