Former student union president Aishe Ghosh has filed a public interest litigation in the Delhi High Court against the Delhi Police's use of facial recognition technology and continuous surveillance at Jantar Mantar. The petition challenges the deployment of a permanent surveillance tower and high-tech police vans equipped with facial recognition technology to monitor peaceful protesters. According to the petition, this round-the-clock recording of citizens lacks disclosed statutory authority, procedural safeguards, or constitutionally permissible justification. The filing asserts that police personnel have threatened to forward photographs and videos to protesters' parents and educational institutions, using surveillance as an instrument of intimidation to suppress democratic dissent. The challenge comes as India currently lacks a dedicated legal framework regulating the use of facial recognition technology and artificial intelligence surveillance by law enforcement agencies.

Background: Facial Recognition in Policing

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