Chief Justice of India Surya Kant raised serious concerns about the rise of digital arrest scams, which are increasingly targeting well-educated individuals. During a recent hearing, he referenced a distressing case involving an elderly woman who was defrauded of her entire retirement benefits. The Chief Justice noted that it is shocking that educated people are being duped by fraudsters posing as law enforcement or government officials through audio and video calls. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a suo motu case regarding these scams on May 12. Previously, the court labeled the siphoning of over ₹54,000 crore (approximately $6.5 billion USD) by digital frauds as 'robbery' and directed the central government to create a standard operating procedure in consultation with various stakeholders, including the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). The RBI is currently drafting this procedure, which includes measures for banks to prevent cyber-enabled fraud. The Supreme Court has emphasized the need for proactive measures from banks and has mandated a unified national probe into digital arrest cases.