Bombay High Court Take Note , Expresses Concern Over Aadhaar , PAN Cards Obtained Fraudulently By Infiltrators

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The Bombay high court has noted a “concerning pattern” of foreign nationals infiltrating borders and fraudulently obtaining documents like Aadhaar and PAN cards to claim Indian citizenship, and urged the Centre to take immediate steps to address the issue.

This pattern underscores a serious gap in inter-agency coordination and document verification, and in a few cases, such persons have also indulged in anti-national activities, a bench of Justices AS Gadkari and Kamal Khata noted, stressing the need to trace and deport such people on priority.

It ordered the central government’s concerned department to consider effecting necessary amendments in the Aadhaar Act to assist investigating agencies to promptly trace, deport and prevent re-entry of such persons who have infiltrated the border and/or obtained forged documents to secure Indian citizenship.

The bench, in the order passed last month, said it has observed a “concerning pattern” where foreign nationals have infiltrated India’s border, fraudulently obtained basic documents to conceal their true identity and subsequently procured Aadhaar cards to claim Indian citizenship.

“This pattern reflects a critical gap in inter-agency coordination and document verification procedures,” the bench said, adding there has to be concerted efforts by all the state and central agencies to trace out and deport such foreign nationals on a priority basis.