On closer reading: What India’s APAAR student ID consent form actually asks parents

The Ministry of Education’s parental consent form for APAAR, the Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry , exists in its current shape because a court ordered it. 8285 of 2025 , the Odisha High Court ruled on December 12, 2025, that the form offered no way to refuse. That, it held, was inconsistent with the scheme’s stated voluntariness and with the right to privacy.