The developments in the case of Abhijit Mishra vs. Union of India at the Delhi High Court, question the very legality in the operations of Google Pay and Paypal (‘mobile applications’). It was contended that the operations of the mobile applications violate Section 4 of the Payment and Settlements Act, 2007 (‘PSS Act’), which mandates a payment system to receive an approval from the Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI’) to commence its operations.
