The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and others on a plea seeking direction to authorities to frame appropriate guidelines providing for alternative methods to conduct the Digital KYC process for acid attack survivors suffering with permanent eye-disfigurement or eye-burns. SC said it is an important issue.
A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and also comprising justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said that it will take up the matter in July.
The plea has been filed by nine acid attack survivors including one Pragya Prasun. The petition urged the top court to direct the respondent authorities to frame appropriate guidelines providing for alternative methods to conduct the Digital KYC/e-KYC (Electronic Know Your Customer) process for acid attack survivors suffering from permanent eye-disfigurement or eye burns, with the view to make the Digital KYC/e-KYC process more accessible and inclusive towards all disabled persons, particularly acid attack survivors.