Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Narco-analysis, Brain-Mapping, Polygraph Test Unconstitutional

In a recent landmark judgement Selvi v. State of Karnataka, the supreme court had held that compulsory narco-analysis, brain-mapping and polygraph tests are in violation of article 20(3) and article 21 of the constitution.

Prof Mrinal Satish in his article analyzes the judgement in some detail. The article is here. Prof. Satish is a visiting professor at NLSIU, Bangalore and had earlier completed his LLM from Yale University.

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