New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre and oil marketing companies on a PIL challenging the requirement that domestic LPG consumers complete biometric Aadhaar authentication (BAA) by October 1 to continue booking refills at the regulated retail selling price.

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia directed the respondents to file their responses and said it would consider the matter on October 5.

During the hearing, the bench observed, "Everybody doesn't have Aadhaar in this country, but they too are consuming LPG."

The court was hearing a PIL filed by Pulkit Luthra, a practising advocate with 75 per cent visual disability, challengin...