been taken by the High Court of Judicature of Allahabad in Parvati Kumari v. State of U.P.10; the Himachal Pradesh High Court in Kumit Kumar v. State of H.P.11 and the High Court of Kerala in Sofikul Islam v. State of Kerala12. 9.6 We find that the Unique Identification Authority of India13, by way of its Circular No.08 of 2023, has stated, in reference to an Office Memorandum issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology dated 20th December 2018, that an Aadhar Card, while can be used to establish identity, it is not per se proof of date of birth. This office memorandum dated 20th December, 2018 was taken note of by a learned Division Bench of the Bombay High Court in State of Maharashtra v. Unique Identification Authority of India And Ors.14 in 8 2021 SCC OnLine P&H 1514 9 2021 SCC OnLine P&H 3649 10 2019 SCC OnLine All 7085 11 2024 SCC OnLine HP 2965 12 2022 SCC OnLine Ker 5814 13 Abbreviated as ‘UIDAI’ 14 Criminal Writ Petition No. 3002 of 2022 8| SLP(C)