LOKNITI FOUNDATION Vs. U.O.I.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) In pursuance of order dated 14th July, 2014, an affidavit has been filed by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India stating, inter alia, that the department is piloting human DNA profiling Bill, the objectives of which is to establish a National DNA Data Bank, a DNA Profiling Board and the use of DNA profiles for specified purposes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. The affidavit includes the seminal features of the Bill a part of which is reproduced below:

(2.) At this juncture Dr. Ashok Dhamija submitted that the said Bill, which has been staled to be introduced as an Act has not seen the light of the day for last seven years and there is no fathomable reason for a Bill of the present nature had not been enacted. Mr. N.K. Kaul, learned Additional Solicitor General would submit that the said Bill is a complex one and involves many a facet.

(3.) At this juncture without getting into the nuances of the Bill, which is being thought of, we will desire Mr. Kaul to obtain instructions with regard to two aspects: