Supreme Court Directions on Digital Arrest Scams

Supreme Court Directions on Digital Arrest Scams

Daily Current Affairs   /   Supreme Court Directions on Digital Arrest Scams

Change Language English Hindi

Category : National Published on: August 06 2026

Share on facebook
  • On 4 August 2026 the Supreme Court issued nationwide directions in a suo motu case on digital arrest scams that began in October 2025. Fraudsters impersonate police or court officials via calls and messages, using forged documents to extort money or bank access. The Court directed the RBI to frame a Standard Operating Procedure for mule accounts within four weeks, including grievance redressal and money-restoration modules.
  • States and Union Territories must operationalise the Ministry of Home Affairs modules and notify State Cyber Crime Coordination Centres. Complaints on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal fell sharply from 123,672 in 2024 to 16,377 by mid-2026, with ₹18.05 crore restored in 36,290 cases. Further hearing is fixed for 16 September 2026.
Recent Post's
  • Dr Srinivasa Kumar Tummala took charge as Secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, succeeding Dr M. Ravichandran.

    Read More....
  • Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched NSP-DBT scholarship payments, transferring ₹21.35 crore directly to over 6,000 agriculture students.

    Read More....
  • Parliament passed the Bankers’ Book Evidence Bill 2026, replacing the 1891 law and recognising electronic and digital banking records as legal evidence.

    Read More....
  • Lebanon’s Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty, replacing it with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.

    Read More....
  • Skyroot Aerospace signed a three-launch agreement with HEX20 for dedicated Vikram-series missions scheduled from Q4 2027.

    Read More....
  • NASA invited ISRO to join its Moon Base programme during the 9th India-U.S. Civil Space Joint Working Group meeting in Bengaluru.

    Read More....
  • A Damascus court sentenced former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher al-Assad to death in absentia for serious crimes linked to the civil war.

    Read More....
  • Scientists described a new fern species, Pteris madhusoodananii, from Tamil Nadu’s Kolli Hills and preliminarily assessed it as Critically Endangered.

    Read More....
  • A new mountain horned dragon species, Acanthosaura syrax, was discovered in Thailand’s Mae Wong National Park as the 23rd recognised species of its genus.

    Read More....
  • Vietnam’s VinSpace signed a contract with SpaceX to launch its first satellites in 2027 through a SpaceX Transporter rideshare mission.

    Read More....