New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Central Government, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), and the Delhi Government on a plea challenging the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022 and the associated Rules, which the petitioners allege allow excessive collection of personal data and violate fundamental rights.

A Bench led by Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia issued notice on the plea, which claims the law allows excessive collection of personal data and violates fundamental rights.

The 2022 law allows police and prison authorities to collect and store various types of personal data, including fingerprints, photographs, iris and retina scans, biological s...