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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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SC notice to Centre, EC on PIL seeking biometric identification of voters at polling stations - The Tribune
Describing biometric identifiers as 'unique and incapable of being fabricated', the petitioner said such a technology would give effect to the principle of 'One Citizen, One Vote' in its truest sense.
·Chandigarh, India
Read Full ArticleSC issues notice to EC, Centre on plea to implement finger, iris biometric systems at polling stations
The notice was issued by a two-judge bench that included CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi. However, they made it clear that the plea can't be considered for the ongoing assembly elections in the country.
·India
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