Inter-departmental panel formed to combat 'digital arrests' on real-time basis, met with online intermediaries: Government to Supreme Court

Key Highlights

• The high-level inter-departmental committee (IDC) was formed on December 26, 2025, and has officials from multiple agencies to “comprehensively examine all facets of the issue of digital arrests”.
• Chaired by the Special Secretary (Internal Security), the IDC has representations at the level and above of Joint Secretary officers from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), DoT, Ministry of External Affairs, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Law & Justice, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, RBI, Central Bureau of Investigation, National Investigation Agency, Delhi Police and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), with its Chief Executive Officer acting as the member-secretary.
• Attorney-General R.
• Venkataramani would attend the meetings of the IDC on a regular basis.
• The IDC was formed after a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant had directed inter-departmental Ministerial consultations, under the guidance of the Attorney General, to clear the way to end the bane which has affected a large populace.