PAY 10 SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED vs UNION OF INDIA AD ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 1592/2026 and CM APPL. 7763/2026 Date of Decision: 26.02.2026 IN THE MATTER OF: PAY 10 SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr. Adv with Mr. Nakul Batra, Ms. Palak Sehgal, Ms. Aankhi Anwesha, Mr. Akshar Bhatt, Mr. Sukrit Seth, and Mr. Sreedhar Kale, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA AD ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ripudaman Bhardwaj, CGSC with Mr. Atul Tanwar, Advocate for R- 1/UOI. Ms. Anushka Verma and Mr. Rajat Katyal, Advocate for R-3/Yes Bank. Mr. Ramji Srinivasan, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Vinodh Kanna B, Ms. Shefali Munde, Mr. Arjun Bhatia, Ms. Thilagavathi P, Advocates for R-4. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV JUDGEMENT PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV, J. (ORAL) 1. The Court is called upon to decide whether the instant writ petition, challenging action purportedly taken under Sections 94 and 106 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter ‘the BNSS’), and Section 69 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (hereinafter the ‘IT Act’), would be amenable to be challenged in a Writ Petition (Civil) or a Writ Petition (Criminal). 2. Mr. Ramji Srinivasan, learned senior coun