Notice To Centre For Alternate Digital KYC Method For Acid Attack Survivors

The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Centre, the Reserve Bank of India and others on a plea seeking an alternate digital KYC (Know Your Customer) process for acid attack survivors and individuals with permanent eye damage.Terming the petition filed by nine acid attack survivors an “important issue”, a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued notice to the Union government, Reserve Bank of India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and others on the plea.