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Supreme Court:<\/span> In a suo motu proceeding concerning victims of digital arrest scams and the wider institutional response required to combat such cyber-enabled fraud, the three-Judge Bench of Surya Kant, CJ., Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, JJ., while noting an encouraging decline in reported digital-arrest complaints, emphasised that “continued monitoring remains indispensable” and issued further interim directions to strengthen mechanisms for prevention, investigation, grievance redressal and speedy restoration of defrauded money to victims.<\/p>\n

Also Read: “Cybercrime in our nation operates akin to a silent virus”: Punjab & Haryana High Court denies bail in digital arrest case<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Background<\/p>\n

The instant matter concerns with the growing problem of digital-arrest scams in India, in which victims are subjected to fraudulent online communications and coercive tactics resulting in the transfer of money to persons involved in cyber fraud.<\/p>\n

The Court had previously passed interim directions by orders dated 1 December 2025, 16 December 2025 and 9 February 2026 to secure a coordinated institutional response to the problem. Those directions addressed several interconnected issues, including CBI investigations, mule bank accounts, misuse of SIM cards and SIM boxes, cooperation by intermediaries, grievance redressal, restoration of defrauded money and coordination between institutions.<\/p>\n

On 4 August 2026, the Court considered the Fourth Status Report dated 3 August 2026, submitted by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of Home Affairs. The report incorporated the deliberations of the Inter-Departmental Committee held on 11 May 2026 and 14 July 2026 and the steps taken by Ministries, regulators, investigating agencies, telecom service providers and intermediaries.<\/p>\n

The Attorney General for India placed before the Court the Fourth Status Report dated 3 August 2026, submitted by the I4C, Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n

The report incorporated the deliberations of the fourth and fifth meetings of the Inter-Departmental Committee held on 11 May 2026 and 14 July 2026, together with the steps taken by the Ministries concerned, regulators, investigating agencies, telecom service providers and intermediaries. The status report indicated a substantial decline in complaints relating to digital-arrest scams registered on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal, i.e.<\/span>, 1,23,672 complaints in 2024; 58,239 complaints in 2025 and 16,377 complaints up to 30 June 2026.<\/p>\n

Also Watch: Explainer on Digital Arrests and Cyber Frauds within India’s evolving Cyber Law Framework<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Analysis<\/p>\n

The Court noted that the reported amounts defrauded had also decreased substantially. The Court regarded this trend as certainly encouraging but expressly cautioned that “continued monitoring remains indispensable”.<\/p>\n

The Court noted several developments in the institutional response. A data-sharing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub and I4C had been executed on 11 May 2026. The Grievance Redressal Mechanism Portal had expanded to cover 1,23,590 branches of 69 banks. The Money Restoration Mechanism Portal had participation from 57 banks and all 36 States and Union Territories. Restoration had reportedly been completed in 36,290 cases, involving an aggregate amount of approximately ₹18.05 crores.<\/p>\n

The Court was further informed that the e-Zero FIR mechanism was operational in 19 States; only 14 States had notified their State Cybercrime Coordination Centres; the Telecommunications (Radio Equipment Possession Authorisation) Rules, 2025<\/a> had been notified; and the Telecommunications (User Identification) Rules, 2025 were at the final stage of notification.<\/p>\n

The status report disclosed that the CBI had registered ten digital-arrest cases, along with several connected cases. In one such investigation, the CBI identified 238 victims, 67 first-layer bank accounts, and transactions amounting to approximately ₹80 crore, and conducted searches at 93 locations across 16 States. The Inter-Departmental Committee had also requested the CBI to examine whether the existing ₹10-crore threshold for commencing investigation should be reduced. It was additionally asked to consider cases involving the same organised network where the cumulative fraud exceeded the prescribed threshold.<\/p>\n

The Court acknowledged that the progress reflected in the status report was “appreciable.” At the same time, it found that the mechanisms already established required “wide adoption, faster disposal and continued follow-up”.<\/p>\n

Thus, the Court did not treat the decline in reported complaints as sufficient reason to relax institutional vigilance. Instead, it proceeded on the basis that the scale and evolving nature of digital-arrest fraud required continuing coordination and implementation.<\/p>\n

Also Watch: Digital Arrests and Cyber Frauds Explained Protect your Money, Identity and Privacy<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Directions<\/p>\n

The Court issued following interim directions:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \n

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was directed, within 4 weeks, to formally adopt and circulate an Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) prescribing the action banks must take for imposing temporary debit holds on amounts or accounts associated with money-mule activity and cyber-enabled fraud. The final SOP was to be supplied to I4C and the Registrars General of all High Courts. The RBI was also directed to implement the delayed transaction safeguard\/lagged credit mechanism and measures concerning customer protection in electronic banking transactions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    All States, Union Territories and law-enforcement agencies were directed to expeditiously adopt and operationalise the Grievance Redressal Module and Money Restoration Module under the MHA’s SOP concerning “NCRP-CFCFRMS, Custody and Restoration of Money and Grievance Redressal” dated 2 January 2026. They were also directed to undertake public-awareness measures regarding these mechanisms.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    The Registrars General of all High Courts were directed to bring the Grievance Redressal Mechanism to the attention of courts and other authorities dealing with freezing of bank accounts in cyber-fraud matters. An aggrieved person may ordinarily be encouraged to use the mechanism in the first instance. Importantly, resort to the mechanism would not bar any constitutional, statutory or other legal remedy. The next status reports must contain State-wise and bank-wise information concerning grievances filed and disposed of, restoration orders made, completed restorations and amounts restored.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    The States and Union Territories that had not yet done so were directed to notify and operationalise their State Cybercrime Coordination Centres within 4 weeks. They were also directed to take steps towards adopting the e-Zero FIR mechanism in consultation with I4C, with assistance from the Ministry of Home Affairs where necessary.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. \n

    The Inter-Departmental Committee was directed to issue appropriate directions and advisories to States, Union Territories, Ministries and Government Departments for undertaking and promoting awareness programmes concerning cyber-crimes, grievance redressal, money restoration and allied concerns.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  6. \n

    The Inter-Departmental Committee was directed to consult intermediaries and banks regarding technological measures capable of preventing digital arrest; assisting recovery of defrauded money; assisting investigation of digital-arrest scams and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and legal obligations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  7. \n

    All State Legal Services Authorities were directed to formulate schemes immediately for public awareness concerning cyber-crimes, digital-arrest scams and cyber security. They were also directed to develop schemes or policies to assist victims in recovering defrauded amounts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  8. \n

    The Inter-Departmental Committee was directed to consider the proposal for a shared-liability and victim-compensation framework and submit its position in the next status report.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  9. \n

    All adjudicating authorities, including the RBI Ombudsman, Consumer Protection fora, jurisdictional courts and law-enforcement agencies, were directed to ensure that recovered amounts are disbursed to victims of digital arrest expeditiously. A status report concerning progress in this regard was also to be filed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  10. \n

    The CBI was directed to continue its investigation in accordance with the earlier directions and to examine the suggestions concerning reduction of the existing ₹10-crore threshold and aggregation of cases involving the same organised network. A separate status report to be filed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  11. \n

    The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of Telecommunications and I4C were directed to examine the proposal for a time-based “kill switch” for audio and video calls. They were required to consult affected intermediaries and place before the Court a brief note dealing with its technical feasibility, efficacy, safeguards and alternatives.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  12. \n

    The Inter-Departmental Committee was directed to continue coordinating implementation of the measures and to consult banks and intermediaries regarding technological methods for prevention, recovery and investigation of amounts defrauded through digital-arrest scams. A fresh consolidated status report was ordered.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  13. \n

    The Inter-Departmental Committee was specifically directed to consider all consolidated suggestions and recommendations made by the learned Amicus Curiae.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  14. \n

    The Department of Telecommunications was directed to submit an Action Taken Report concerning errant Telecom Service Providers and Point of Sale agents alleged to have contributed to digital-arrest scams. The report was also required to address the proposal for a unified dashboard aimed at tackling SIM-card abuse, including duplicate SIM issuance, misuse of KYC processes and issuance of additional SIM cards.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  15. \n

    The matters were listed for further consideration on 16 September 2026.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Also Read: Don’t Get Trapped: Understanding Cyber frauds, Digital Arrests and How to protect yourself<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

    [In Re: Victims of Digital Arrest Related to Forged Documents<\/span>, Suo Motu Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 3 of 2025, decided on 4-8-2026<\/span>]<\/p>\n\n

    Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n

    For the Petitioner:<\/span> Ms. Nupur Sharma, Adv. Mr. Manan Popli, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Agrawal, AOR Mr. Mohit Kumar Bansal, Adv. Ms. Apurva Gaur, Adv. Ms. Priya Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Piyush Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Shivam Sengupta, Adv. Mr. Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar, A.S.G. Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv. Mr. Devraj Bhattacharjee, Adv. Ms. Rajeshwari Shankar, Adv. Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Divyam Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma-aor, Adv. Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR By Courts Motion Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Dr. Mahendra Limaye, Adv. Mr. Alok Sharma, Adv. Mr. Devvrat Singh, Adv.<\/p>\n

    For the Respondent:<\/span> Mr. Dr. Mahendra Limaye, Adv. Mr. Alok Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rathod Rajesh Ranjit, AOR Mr. Naresh Kr. Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Abhay Warik, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chaurasia, AOR Mr. Anurag Jain, Adv. Mr. Jaideep Singh Sethi, Adv. Mr. Surya Pratap, Adv. Mr. Nitin Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sujeet Kumar, Adv. Mr. Hem Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dharav Shah, Adv. Mr. Suyash Goverdhan, Adv. Mr. Shubham Saini, Adv. Mr. Pranaya Goyal, AOR Mr. Gopal Jain, Sr. Adv. Mr. R. Sudhinder, Adv. Ms. Ekta Bhasin, Adv. Ms. Aastha Trivedi, Adv. Ms. Anushka Sharma, Adv. Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan, AOR M\/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. D. Bharat Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Mr. M. Chandrakanth Reddy, Adv. Mr. Thandra Sai Yeshwanth Goud, Adv. Mr. Kadali Vali Baba, Adv. Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR Mr. Eresh Roshan Swain, Adv. Mr. Shyam Gopal, AOR Mr. P. Krishnadevan, Adv. Ms. Nikita Bhardwaj, Adv. Miss Aishwarya Mishra, AOR Mr. Anuj Chauhan, Adv. Mr. S.surender, Adv. Ms. Akansha Singh, Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv. Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv. Ms. Mili Joy Baxi, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Arya, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Kartkay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kr. Verma, Adv. Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv. Mr. Aman Mehta, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Ms. Ameyavirama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. A.K. Sharma (aor), Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General Mr. Anandh Venkataramani, Adv. Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Anjali Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Prashant Singh, AOR Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv. Mrs. Vatsala Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Manisha, Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, AOR Mr. G P Mahto, Adv. Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Mr. Jai Anant Dehadrai, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Pathak, AOR Mr. Rohan Khanna, Adv. Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Keshav Singh, Adv. Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR Mr. Binay Kumar, AOR Mr. Kumar Sambhrant Krishna, Adv. Dr. Mahendra Limaye, Adv. Mr. Alok Sharma, Adv. Ms. Nayan Gupta, Adv. Mr. Nisheeth Dixit, Adv. Mr. Abhay Warik, Adv. Ms. Sthavi Asthana, AOR Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Ms. Jyotika Sharma, Adv. Dr. Ravindra Chingale, Adv. Mr. Karansingh Rajput, Adv. Mr. Fauzan Shaikh, Adv. Ms. Sumbul Ausaf, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Adv. Ms. Kalyani Lal, Adv. Mr. Ravindra Sadanand Chingale, AOR Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Ms. Chitransha Singh Sikarwar, Adv. Mr. Maninderjit Singh Bedi, Advocate General Ms. Baani Khanna, AOR Mr. Robin Singh, Adv. Mr. Kapil Balwani, Adv. Ms. Komal Thakkar, Adv. Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Sonakshi Sinha, Adv. Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G. Ms. Sonali Gaur, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR Mr. Chinmoy Sharma, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Irfan Hasieb, Adv. Mr. Aditya Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Virmani, AOR Mr. Shubham Pandey, Adv. Mr. Akashdeep Rajput, Adv. Mr. Mohd Mohsin, Adv. Ms. Jayeeta Deb Sarkar, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar Umrao, AOR Mr. Anuj Kumar Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Amarjeet Sahani, Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar Mishra, Adv. Ms. Shweta Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Virendra Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mrs. Mamta Singh, Adv. Mrs. Amita Agarwal, Adv. Dr. Sunil Kumar Agarwal, AOR Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, AOR Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Gaur, Adv. Ms. Riddhi Gupta, Adv. Ms. Deepika Singh, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Ms. Yanmi Phazang,, Adv. Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR Mr. Srikanth Varma Mudunuru, Adv. Mr. Yatharth Kansal, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Shukla, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ravinder Kumar Yadav, AOR Mr. Yashvardhan Shah, Adv. Mr. Naveen Sharma, AOR Ms. Charu Ambwani, AOR Mr. Tomy Chacko, AOR Ms. Lakshmi Kg, Adv. Ms. Tualia Rehman, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Raj Sharma, A.A.G. Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR Ms. Nidhi Narwal, Adv. Ms. Srishti Jain, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Rai, Sr. Adv. Ms. Modoyia Kayina, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar Rai, Adv. Mrs. Rajshree Rai, Adv. Mr. Paras Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Virendra Singh, Adv. Mr. Jitendra Singh Tanwar, Adv. Mr. Sumit Gehlot, Adv. Mr. Anil Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Ashok Pratap Rai, Adv. Ms. Kajri Gupta, Adv. Mr. Mohnish Nirwan, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abhinav S Raghuvanshi, Adv. M\/S R And R Law Associates, AOR Mr. V.K. Khanna, Sr. Adv.\/Adv. Mr. S.D. Singh, Sr. Adv.\/Adv. Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR Mr. Dinesh Kumar Mudgal, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Anupam Kumar, Adv. Mr. Mahi Pal Singh, Adv. Ms. Savita Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Manisha Chawla, Adv. Ms. Swati Vishan, Adv. Ms. Shreya Jha, Adv. Ms. Asmita Mishra, Adv. Ms. Divya Mishra, Adv. Ms. Suresh Kumari, Adv. Mr. D.p Singh, Adv. Mr. Desh Pal Singh, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Singh Dingra, Adv. Mr. Dilip Kumar, Adv. Mr. Jogendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Jitender Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Jain, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Rituparn Uniyal, AOR Mr. James P. Thomas, AOR Mr. Ravi Sagar, Adv. Ms. Glorina George, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Madhusmita Bora, AOR Ms. Pavithra V., Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Chechi, Adv. Mr. Basava Prabhu S Patil, Adv. Gen. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Mr. Krishna Rastogi, Adv. Mr. S. Mahendran, AOR Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Ms. Akansha, AOR Ms. Anjali Saxena, Adv. Mr. Govind Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vivek Sharma, AOR Dr. Vijay Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Shamra, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Srivastava, A.A.G. Ms. Sugandha Anand, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Ramesh Babu, Sr. Adv. Ms. Nisha Sharma, Adv. Ms. Tanya Chowdhary, Adv. Ms. Mukti Chowdhary, AOR Mr. Harshad V. Hameed, AOR Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv. Ms. Madhavi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vivek Reddy, Sr. Adv. Ms. Swati Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Shashank Mishra, Adv. Ms. Akshi Rastogi, Adv. Ms. Ritika Bansal, Adv. Ms. Anupama Eleti Reddy, Adv. Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Adv. Mr. Keshav Sehgal, Adv. Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR Mr. Madhav Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sunny Sachin Rawat, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar, Advocate General Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Aditya S. Pandey, Adv. Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv. Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv. Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv. Mr. Vikas Bansal, Adv. Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv. Mr. Devvrat, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Jain, Adv. Mrs. Yugandhara Pawar Jha, AOR Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Aljo K.joseph, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Barua, Adv. Ms. Khushbu Sahu, Adv. Ms. Nivedita Nair, Adv. Ms. Reena Pandey, Adv. Dr. Meenakshi Kalra, Adv. Mr. Rajat Mittal, Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, Adv. Ms. Disha Singh, AOR Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Ms. Akansha, Adv. Ms. Anjali Saxena, Adv. Mr. Govind Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Singh Rajawat, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv. Ms. Madhulika, Adv. Mr. Amulya Dev Mishra, Adv. Ms. Shriji Mishra, Adv. Mr. Tadimalla Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv. Ms. Shambhavi Shiva, Adv. Mr. Sumit Goel, Adv. Ms. Sreeparna Basak, Adv. Ms. Sharen Joel, Adv. Mr. Avishkar Singhvi, AAG Ms. Sakshi Raman, Adv. Ms. Divya Prabha Singh, Adv. Mr. Naveen Sharma, AOR<\/p>\n

    Amicus Curiae:<\/span> Ms. N.S. Nappinai Ms. Sthavi Ashtana, AOR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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