New Delhi, July 28 -- A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi Police's alleged deployment of facial recognition technology (FRT) and other biometric surveillance measures during the protest at Jantar Mantar, claiming that the exercise violates the fundamental rights to privacy, free speech and peaceful assembly guaranteed under the Constitution.

The petition has been filed under Article 32 of the Constitution by Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament A A Rahim through Advocate Subhash Chandran K.R.

It has arrayed the Union of India, Delhi Police, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), others as respondents.

According to the plea, since the commencement of a sit-in and hunger strike ...