The Lokniti Foundation is a secretive organisation with no website, no presence on social media, and no public list of trustees. Their registered office is a sealed building in south Delhi’s outskirts. According to its brochure, it is a non-profit established “with the primary objective to improve the quality of life of the people in social, political & economic spheres through public policy initiatives, intervention and programs.” It’s mission, according to the document, is “[t]o be the ears, eyes and hands of the judicial system to create equality in the society.”
A Huff Post India article talks about the central government’s enthusiasm in taking up Lokniti’s PILs. The Aadhaar-mobile linking and the DNA Profiling Bill are its most successful ‘lobbying’ efforts till date. After the Aadhaar petition by Lokniti was heard in court, the government used it to claim that the Supreme Court had made it mandatory to link Aadhaar to mobile phones. Only last week was it revealed during a hearing on Aadhaar that there was no such direction from the Supreme Court.
— source aadhaar.fail