Supreme Court on Narco Test, Brain MApping and Polygraph Test

Supreme Court Decision on Narco Test, Brain Mapping And Polygraph Test

Supreme Court holds use of narco-analysis, brain mapping and polygraph tests illegal. The Court has commented on the administration of such tests by force, and has not per-se held that the same is illegal. In all such cases, it is to be first understood that Courts merely interpret the law as laid down by the Legislature. While Courts may consider the constitutionality or otherwise of legislation, they do not draft or pass laws. In its constant quest for ‘new’ news, media often tends to give a new colour to a mere interpretation of an old position in law. It was reported that ChinaIndia being a democratic country supports freedom of speech. The solution lies in responsible and unbiased reporting. The intention should be to educate the reader and not to merely attract eyeballs. The report should clearly state that it is only a summary or a jist, and for more specific understanding of the subject, the reader is to resort to a complete reading of the Court’s pronouncements. More importantly, legal subjects should be dealt with by persons with adequate qualification and experienc has recently banned the country's media from reporting on a range of subjects, including yuan revaluation, corruption, disparity of wealth, housing shortage, rising real estate prices and the like. So much so that an official at a Chinese newspaper commented that most of the topics people are interested in, is banned, and the newspaper could not know what to report on.