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If neither tax nor fee, what is this ‘expropriation’, Supreme Court asks Govt on UPI MDR charges
The brief
- Supreme Court asked the government whether UPI MDR is a tax or fee, or ‘expropriation’
- Court refused an interim stay but issued notice
- The case leaves payment firms and merchants facing uncertainty over UPI transaction charges
- SC reserves verdict on FSSAI’s front-of-pack food labelling rules, seeks final submissions
- Fortis says independent audit will establish non-involvement in Singh brothers’ share transfers
- Fortis confident of clean chit from audit in Singh brothers’ dispute
- Fortis distances itself from Daiichi-Singh dispute as Supreme Court permits forensic audit
- Supreme Court to hear challenge to MDR on UPI merchant payments above ₹2,000