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Supreme Court Issues Notice to ECI, Centre on Plea for Biometric, Facial Recognition for Voting

The bench said biometric checks may be considered later, but not for current state assembly elections.

  • On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea seeking finger and iris biometric systems at polling stations, issuing notice to the Centre and the Election Commission regarding the proposal.
  • Bharatiya Janata Party leader and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay filed the petition, claiming that duplicate and ghost voting undermine the 'purity and integrity' of India's electoral process.
  • Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi clarified the biometric proposal cannot apply to ongoing assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, and Puducherry.
  • The court noted it must examine whether such protocols should be followed before future parliamentary or state assembly elections, as reported by PTI.
  • Results for all current state assembly elections will be declared by the Election Commission on May 4, while the legal process on biometric implementation continues.
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Devdiscourse broke the news in India on Monday, April 13, 2026.
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