The Delhi High Court in the case Dabur India Limited v. Ashok Kumar and Ors and other connected matters observed and has directed the concerned Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, MHA to call for the meeting of Cyber Crime Cells in various states in order to ensure coordination wherein the court was dealing with the cases of fraudulent transactions.
The bench headed by Justice Prathiba M Singh in the case observed and has stated that there needs to be some coordination between Cyber Crime Cells of all police authorities in the country and has ordered that the meeting is to be held on 20.12.2023.
The court in its order stated that let the meeting be called by the concerned Joint Secretary, MHA of all the Cyber Crime Cells in various states to have some coordination between them for dealing with such cases of fraudulent transaction.
Therefore, the court remarked that let the said meeting be held by 20.12.2023 at 3:00 pm.
The bench of Justice Singh in the case was dealing with the batch of plea concerning proliferation of fraudulent domain names, filed by trademark and brand owners wherein seeking the reliefs against misuse of their marks and names by unauthorized persons, who register such marks as part of their domain names. The plea moved also raised the issue of fraudulent transactions resulting in the innocent customers being duped.
The counsel appearing for the Delhi Government informed the court that in a number of cases, the banks do not answer the queries which are raised by the police for ensuring compliance of judicial orders.
The bench of Justice Singh in the case observed and has directed the Reserve Bank of India, RBI for filing an affidavit wherein it is stated that as to whether any guidelines have been issued by it to banks in respect of queries raised by the police and for ensuring compliance of orders passed by police authorities or courts.
The court stated that it is made clear that whenever any information is requested by the Cyber Crime Cells of police authorities, banks ought to respond to the same in a diligent manner.
The court in the case observed that the RBI needs to take steps to curb malpractices wherein the amounts have been accepted by banks in the names of well-known companies but the bank account stands in the name of the third party.
The court asked the counsel appearing for RBI for seeking instructions as to whether the regulatory authority can issue guidelines while making it mandatory for banks to match beneficiary’s name or name in the billing details with the account holder’s name and not merely the account number, whenever banks accept online or offline payments.
Accordingly, the court listed the matter for further consideration on February 01, 2024.
