The law plays catch up with technology because new technology creates new possibilities. For example, the invention of the internal combustion engine led to the concept of speed limits and driving licences. Electricity, the telegraph, radio and telecommunications and of course, the internet, have all triggered webs of mutating legislation.
The laws regarding forensic science and the current gold standards of biometric ID proof could be headed for a breakdown. Biometrics has always had an India connection. William James Herschel, the grandson of astronomer Frederick William who discovered Uranus, was an ICS officer in Jangipur, Murshidabad District, in the 1850s. He
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