Indian
government is allowing taking and collection of biometric details of
Indian residents without
due process of law. According to techno legal experts of
India, unconstitutional
and illegal biometrics collection laws and practices in India
are in abundance. This is happening despite all sorts’ of
constitutional protections that Indian residents possess.
However, constitutional protections seems to be more
paper work as Indian government is not paying any attention to
constitution of India while taking and collecting biometric details
in India.
According to Praveen Dalal, managing partner of
Perry4Law
and leading techno legal expert of Asia, “There is no second
opinion that collection of “Highly Sensitive Biometric Details”
by any Governmental Agency or Authority in such circumstances is not
only “Unconstitutional” but is also “Highly Risky” for Life
and Liberty of Indian Citizens/Persons. In fact, collection of
Biometric Details by UIDAI and NPR are clearly “Unconstitutional
and Illegal” and Indian Citizens and Residents can
“Refuse” to provide the same no matter what these Authorities and
Laws say”.
While countries like US, UK, etc have abandoned the
idea of biometric collections due to privacy violation issues yet
Indian government is all committed to deny privacy
rights in India.
Similarly, when India is facing shortage of
financial resources to meet the most basic projects and to provide
the essential living facilities, spending crores of public money is
nothing but an indirect method to provide monetary benefits to few.
It is nothing short of a scam that has not received public attention.
It is high time to analyse the nefarious objectives
and dark sides of this biometric collection exercise of Indian
government and put it at rest for ever. Otherwise, e-surveillance
in India would be a norm in India and we would lack any
form of protection
of civil liberties in Indian cyberspace.
