Rajya Sabha MP moves Supreme Court against use of facial recognition technology at NEET protests

A Rajya Sabha MP, A.A. Rahim, has moved the Supreme Court against the use of facial recognition technology at NEET protests. According to The Hindu, Rahim seeks the apex court’s intervention on the automated extraction and matching of biometric identifiers of thousands of peaceful protesters and the interlinking of such data with permanent national criminal databases, which he claims is in a complete legal vacuum.

There is no connection between this and reports about a US federal appeals court ruling on a Trump administration project. The administration had been ordered to stop construction on a $400m ballroom at the White House, with the court ruling that Congress must approve the project. The National Trust for Historic Preservation had sued the administration over the project, which was started without congressional approval.

The US Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction against the project, with the majority saying that Congress, not the Executive Branch, should decide on such a project. The administration has appealed the decision, which may lead to a Supreme Court showdown.

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