Govt reacts cautiously to SC ruling on narco test

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The government today reacted cautiously to the Supreme Court verdict declaring as illegal compulsory use of narco-analysis test, saying it had to go through the judgement.
"Judiciary has given a judgement. We need to go through it... It is too early to react on that (judgement)," Law Minister M Veerappa Moily told reporters here.
He said the issue of narco-analysis has been "agitating" in the mind of the jurists and the judiciary and the issue has been a subject of national debate.
The Supreme Court today declared as "illegal" compulsory use of narco-analysis, brain-mapping and polygraph tests on suspects.
First Published: May 05 2010 | 2:03 PM IST