Often Indian customers are not allowed to get a mobile connection or open a bank account by using their passports or ration cards as identity and address proofs. Often the Banks and telecom companies insist on the unique identification number or ADHAAR, as the sole identity and address proof. Despite the Supreme Court`s order on September 26, 2018 that its is not mandatory to link Adhaar to bank accounts and mobile numbers. Further supporting the decision the Govt has approved the changes to law and also imposed a fine of upto 142.5 thousand dollars and or both a Jail sentence ranging from a minimum duration of 3 years to a maximum duration of 10 years. The penalties for the violation have been proposed in the amendments cleared by the Union Cabinet. These amendments also seek to give Aadhaar holders the option to use the unique ID for completing KYC or the `Know Your Customer` formalities. The amendments to the Indian Telegraph Act have been done keeping in mind a Supreme Court order on Aadhaar. The order said that the unique Aadhaar ID can be considered compulsory only for only for welfare services involving public funds. The amendments require entities performing authentication to comply with standards of privacy in keeping with the law to be passed by Parliament. An exception can be made only in case of “state interest.”