DNA bill

Context: DNA bill can lead to caste and community-based profiling,

DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill 2019.

• The bill proposes DNA sampling and profiling of citizens accused of crime or reported missing and storing their unique genetic information for administrative purposes.
• The bill ran afoul with the standards that were set in the Puttaswamy and Subramanian Swamy judgements of the Supreme Court.
  • In the absence of a statutory framework protecting the right to privacy, this bill will cause irreversible damage to individuals’ right to privacy as well as the criminal justice system.

Objective of the bill is the establishment of a regulatory board to regulate the use of DNA technology in consonance with international standards.

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