A Rajya Sabha member filed a Supreme Court petition challenging Delhi Police deployment of facial recognition technology and other mass surveillance measures against students linked to Cockroach Janta Party protests. The petition seeks an unconstitutional-declaration and immediate directions to stop facial recognition and related surveillance against peaceful protesters in the absence of a valid legal basis.
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