Delhi Police informs Supreme Court that facial recognition technology used during CJP protests targeted only persons with criminal records

Delhi Police informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that its use of facial recognition technology during the recent protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party at Jantar Mantar was confined to persons with existing criminal records and did not result in indiscriminate surveillance of the crowd. The submission was made before a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana during the hearing of a plea concerning surveillance measures undertaken by police during the protests.