Lok Sabha passes #CriminalProcedureIdentificationBill2022 that will allow police to collect biometrics of convicts
Opposition leaders raised concerns about the protection of the data that will be collected scroll.in/latest/1021115
Opposition leaders raised concerns about the protection of the data that will be collected scroll.in/latest/1021115
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the Bill is meant to ensure that police and investigators are two steps ahead of criminals.
“We have no intention of misusing the provisions of the Bill,” Shah said while replying to a debate on the Bill. scroll.in/latest/1021115
“We have no intention of misusing the provisions of the Bill,” Shah said while replying to a debate on the Bill. scroll.in/latest/1021115
The [Criminal Procedure] Bill paves the way for India to become a surveillance state, Congress leader Manish Tewari said.
“It [the Bill] is also against the widely accepted dictum that everyone should be treated innocent unless proven guilty,” he said scroll.in/latest/1021115
“It [the Bill] is also against the widely accepted dictum that everyone should be treated innocent unless proven guilty,” he said scroll.in/latest/1021115
Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra said that even though the [Criminal Procedure] Bill sought to replace a 102-year-old colonial law, it has fewer safeguards than those enacted by the British.
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The Criminal Procedure bill proposes to enable police to collect biometric measurements of arrested or convicted prisoners. scroll.in/a/1021115
It involves storing and analysing physical and biological samples, iris and retina scans, signatures and handwriting of prisoners.
It involves storing and analysing physical and biological samples, iris and retina scans, signatures and handwriting of prisoners.
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