Delhi HC questions Google Pay authorisation, seeks RBI reply by April 29

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) how Google’s payment application, Google Pay, was functioning in India without proper authorisation. The court has sought the banking regulator as well as Google India’s response to the query by April 29, when it will next hear the matter.

A two-judge Bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani was hearing a public interest litigation moved against the payment application which claims that Google Pay was operating as a payments system provider in violation of the Payments and Settlements Act. The Bench said it had no valid authorisation from the central bank to carry out such functions.