The Supreme Court on Friday disagreed with a petitioner’s view that Members of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies should be “digitally monitored” to prevent instances of corruption and horse trading.
Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said lawmakers were not “convicted felons” who needed watching 24X7 lest they may flee from justice. Surely, the petitioner did not want microchips on legislators to keep track of their every movement.
“There is also something called ‘privacy’. They too have families,” the Chief Justice told petitioner S.N. Kundra.
