{
  "id": 1906904,
  "title": "Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on PIL for setting up DNA and biometric ID system for missing, rescued kids",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/supreme-court-issues-notice-to-centre-on-pil-for-setting-up-dna-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T10:01:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-issues-notice-to-centre-on-pil-for-setting-up-dna-and-biometric-id-system-for-missing-rescued-kids/article71364107.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Centre and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the establishment of a national DNA and biometric identification system for missing and rescued children. The petition, filed by Reepak Kansal, calls for the creation of a centralised system backed by statutory safeguards to enable scientific identification, tracing, and reunification of these children with their families. The court has directed the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the NCPCR to establish a national framework that integrates existing child protection databases and mandates DNA sampling of unidentified rescued children with parental consent.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}