Ignore NPR option in SBI’s KYC form: High Court

The Telangana HC on Monday asked a petitioner to ignore a mention about National Population Register (NPR) as one of the identity proofs for completing the customer identification process issued by State Bank of India (SBI) through a notification in January this year.

A bench of Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan & Justice A Abhishek Reddy said the anxiety expressed by petitioner Khaja Aijazuddin, an advocate, was highly-misplaced. State Bank of India (SBI) wanted to know its customers & listed various identity cards asking them to show at least any one of them to complete its know your customer (KYC) process. Aadhaar, ration card, voter ID, PAN card, driving licence, passport, etc., are among the many options that are available to the people & they can ignore the National Population Register (NPR) option, the bench said.

“One among the options is National Population Register (NPR) which need not be mentioned at all because the process of updating National Population Register (NPR) hasn't yet commenced,” the petitioner insisted. The bench, however, told the petitioner that there are several dialogues in Hindi movies that have no meaning at all. Equating SBI’s insistence on National Population Register (NPR) particulars with this, the bench advised the petitioner to ignore the National Population Register (NPR) option. “It doesn't cause any loss to you even if you ignore it,” the bench said.

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