New Delhi: 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.