New Delhi, June 16 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Centre, States and Election Commission of India on a PIL seeking to ensure that Aadhaar is only used as proof of identity, and not as proof of citizenship, domicile, address, and date of birth.

A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice V Mohana issued notice to the Centre and State governments on Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay.

The PIL sought directions to restrict the use of Aadhaar strictly as an identity proof, alleging that its current use across multiple administrative and electoral processes goes beyond the limits prescribed under law.

It is submitted that Aadhaar, as clarified under Section 9 of...