The Supreme Court will hear a plea against police facial recognition technology deployment. This plea challenges biometric surveillance measures used at protest sites by police. The court agreed to consider the petition filed by CPI(M) MP AA Rahim. The petitioner argues this surveillance violates data protection laws and is unconstitutional. Data collection occurred without permission and in a legal vacuum, the plea states.

The bench issued notice to the Centre and the Delhi Police commissioner challenging the alleged use of facial recognition technology and biometric identification tools against…

Supreme Court to review MP's challenge against facial recognition technology used on NEET-UG protesters amid concerns of unconstitutional surveillance.