Supreme Court to examine plea challenging new UPI merchant charges
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The Supreme Court is set to hear a legal challenge against the government's new 0.4 percent Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) for certain UPI transactions exceeding Rs 2,000.
Telangana Today
The brief
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- India's Supreme Court is preparing to hear a legal challenge to the government's new 0.4 percent Merchant Discount Rate on certain UPI transactions above Rs 2,000 — a levy that would, for the first time, attach a direct fee to high-value payments on the country's most-used digital payment rail.
- The government introduced the charge as a regulatory measure, and an as-yet unnamed petitioner has moved the court against it, setting up a test of whether a largely free-to-use payment system can be priced and by whom.
- If the fee stands, merchants taking larger UPI payments face a new cost on those transactions, and consumers could eventually see some of that cost passed through in prices.
- Coverage across Telangana Today, The Hindu BusinessLine and The Economic Times is uniform and strictly neutral; the challenger's identity and exact arguments, and the government's defense, are not yet detailed.
- The immediate stakes are the hearing's outcome and any interim relief that could pause the fee.
What to watch next
- Supreme Court hearing outcome and any interim stay on the MDR
- Identity and legal arguments of the petitioner challenging the fee
- Government's stated justification for pricing UPI transactions
- Merchant and payment-provider response, including consumer pass-through
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- Telangana Today[1]Supreme Court to examine plea challenging new UPI merchant charges
- The Economic Times[2]SC to hear plea against UPI MDR tomorrow
- The Hindu BusinessLine[3]SC to hear on Monday plea challenging imposition of MDR on UPI payments above ₹2,000
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Anjan Datta
advocate
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“Declare that no MDR or analogous compulsory charge may be imposed or recovered merely on the strength of a press release or FAQs absent a duly authorised, authenticated and published statutory instrument,”
In the article
…the executive to decide which electronic payment modes would receive the no-charge protection.Also read | NSE MD & CEO Ashish Chauhan says no government talks on new UPI MDR; expects brokers, clients to resolve issue" Declare that no MDR or analogous compulsory charge may be imposed or recovered merely on the strength of a press release or FAQs absent a duly authorised, authenticated and published statutory instrument, " it said.The petitioner has also questioned the distinction between UPI transactions and RuPay debit card payments, pointing out that the notification continues the no-charge protection for RuPay debit cards without a…
“Direct that any future MDR classification be based on relevant considerations including merchant turnover, statutory MSME status, actual margins, geography and ability to bear the cost, and avoid cliff-edge treatment unsupported by evidence,”
In the article
…above Rs 2,000.Alternatively, it has sought a reconsideration of the framework after transparent consultation, publication of empirical data and an impact assessment, besides safeguards for micro and small enterprises." Direct that any future MDR classification be based on relevant considerations including merchant turnover, statutory MSME status, actual margins, geography and ability to bear the cost, and avoid cliff-edge treatment unsupported by evidence, " the plea said.It has made the Centre and others, including the Reserve Bank of India, as party respondents in the matter.…
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Why it matters
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- Merchants accepting UPI payments above Rs 2,000transaction cost increaseimmediate
- Government / Finance Ministrypolicy legal uncertaintydays
- UPI payment ecosystem (banks, PSPs, NPCI)fee structure uncertaintyweeks
- Consumers making high-value UPI paymentscost pass through riskweeks
Coverage
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NamedIndia · Government of India · Ministry of Finance · Anjan Datta · Joymalya Bagchi · Supreme Court · Supreme Court of India · Surya Kant · V Mohana
- Telangana Today[1]Supreme Court to examine plea challenging new UPI merchant charges
- The Economic Times[2]SC to hear plea against UPI MDR tomorrow
- The Hindu BusinessLine[3]SC to hear on Monday plea challenging imposition of MDR on UPI payments above ₹2,000
- Hindustan Times[4]SC to hear on Monday plea challenging imposition of MDR on UPI payments above ₹2,000
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