India, Jan. 4 -- Digital payments giant Google Pay has found itself in legal trouble in India once again, this time over alleged unauthorised access, usage and storage of Aadhaar data of its users.

According to a petition filed by a financial economist Abhijit Mishra, Google Pay terms and conditions explicitly mention that the company would collect, store and share the bank account and Aadhaar details of users, even though it does not have any permission from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) or any other authority to do so.

The petitioner has further claimed that this is a violation of Article 21 of the Constitution of India, Aadhaar Act 2016, the Payments and Settlement Systems Act 2007 and Banking Regulations Act 1...