Supreme Court of India

Pragya Prasun & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 4 S.C.R. 2851
Bench J.B Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan JJ.
Decided 30 April 2025

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Issue for Consideration 1. Whether the present digital KYC / e-KYC / video-KYC framework is inaccessible to persons with disabilities? 2. Whether the regulatory authorities (RBI, SEBI, TRAI, PFRDA, IRDAI, DoT) have failed to ensure reasonable accommodations and accessibility in digital KYC processes? 3. Whether the mandatory requirement of capturing a “live photograph” and conducting a “liveness check” (through blinking, reading text on screen, etc.) is discriminatory and violative of Article 21 read in conjunction with Articles 14, 15 and 38 of the Constitution? 4. Whether the absence of

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