PAN card-Aadhaar card link last date today
Here is what will happen if you ‘don’t’
The deadline to link the PAN or Permanent Account Number with Aadhaar Card ends today i.e, June 30. Till date, the PAN-Aadhaar linking date has been extended four times.
The deadline to link the PAN or Permanent Account Number with Aadhaar Card ends today i.e, June 30. The government hasn’t announced any further extension in the deadline. On March 27, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) extended the deadline for linking of Pan with Aadhaar until today. Till date, the PAN-Aadhaar linking date has been extended four times.
The first deadline for linking Aadhaar was fixed July 31, 2017, which got extended till August 31. The deadline was further extended to December 31 and then March 31. The Central government has now made quoting of Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax returns as well as obtaining a new PAN. In 2017, the Modi government under Section 139 AA (2) of the Income Tax Act made it mandatory for every person having PAN as on July 1, 2017, and eligible to obtain Aadhaar, must intimate his Aadhaar number to the tax authorities.
How to Link Aadhaar with PAN online:
- Click on the income tax department’s official website- www. incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.
- On the left side of the homepage, click on the “Link Aadhaar”.
- Fill the required details i.e., PAN, Aadhaar Number, Name as per Aadhaar.
- Click on Submit.
- UIDAI will verify and validate the details and the linking will be confirmed.
How to Link Aadhaar with PAN via SMS:
One can link Aadhaar and Pan by sending an SMS to either to 56161 or 567678. To link the two IDs, send an SMS in the format- UIDPAN.
Possible consequences after the PAN-Aadhaar June 30 deadline:
- If the Aadhaar and PAN are not linked, then the PAN might become invalid and you may not be able to login to the IT department website.
- If the deadline is not extended, then all those whose Aadhaar and PAN are not linked will not be able to file their income tax returns.
- In case you are able to file returns after June 30 deadline, but there are chances that it may not be processed.
In earlier March, the government told the Parliament that over 16.65 crore Pan cards and 87.79 crore bank accounts had been linked to Aadhaar.
Courtesy: www.financialexpress.com
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Neutrality of polls can't be assured if EC dependent on contestants: Justice Nagarathna
New Delhi (PTI): Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna, while highlighting that the Election Commission is the primary institution entrusted with maintaining the integrity of polls, has said if those who conduct elections are dependent on those who contest them, the neutrality of the process cannot be assured.
The apex court judge raised a critical concern regarding the structural independence of those tasked with overseeing the ballot while delivering the Rajendra Prasad Memorial Lecture at the Chanakya Law University in Patna on Saturday.
Citing a 1995 verdict where the Supreme Court recognised the Election Commission as a constitutional authority of high significance, entrusted with ensuring the integrity of elections, she said, "The concern, once again, was structural: if those who conduct elections are dependent on those who contest them, the neutrality of the process cannot be assured."
Justice Nagarathna said elections are not merely periodic events but a mechanism through which political authority is constituted.
"Our constitutional democracy has amply demonstrated smooth changes in government due to elections being held on a timely basis. Control over that process is, in effect, control over the conditions of political competition itself," she said.
The Supreme Court judge said power is not exercised only through formal institutions but also through the processes that sustain them, including elections, public finance, and regulation.
"A constitutional structure that seeks to restrain power must therefore go beyond its classical forms and address these fourth-branch institutions. A set of institutions, while not always fitting within the classical tripartite scheme, is nonetheless central to the maintenance of constitutional order," she said.
Justice Nagarathna said the unmistakable lesson of history is that constitutional collapse occurs through the disabling of its structure, and the violation of rights merely follows.
"The dismantling of structure, in turn, occurs when institutions stop checking each other. At that moment, elections may continue, courts may function, laws may be enacted by Parliament, and yet, power is effectively not restrained because the structural discipline no longer exists," she said.
The apex court judge also urged the Centre to view states as "coordinates and not subordinates" and asserted that the separation of powers was a "constitutional arrangement of co-equals."
Justice Nagarathna also called for keeping aside "inter-party differences" in the matter of "Centre-state relations", underscoring that governance must not depend on "which party may be ruling the Centre and which other party may be ruling at the state level".
