SC says over 10 lakh bogus PAN cards not a minuscule number
The Supreme Court said 10.52 lakh "bogus" PAN cards of individual income tax assesses, accounting for 0.4% of the total number of PAN cards, cannot be termed a "minuscule" number to harm the Indian economy. It made the observations while upholding the validity of an Income Tax provision making Aadhaar mandatory for allotment of PAN cards and filing tax returns.